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| Reasons for gateball participation among older Japanese | | Author(s) | John W Traphagan |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 13, no 2, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 159-175 |
| Keywords | Sport ; Social interaction ; Rural areas ; Japan. |
| Annotation | A game known as gateball is an important activity in the lives of many older Japanese. In this article, the game is described and the patterns of social behaviour among gateball players are discussed. Using data collected over a period of 2 years from an open-ended questionnaire, participant observation on a gateball team, and a series of semi-structured interviews with older people living in a rural region of Japan, some of the reasons behind participation in gateball are explored. These motives are then placed into the context of changing patterns of social interaction between younger and older Japanese and are also discussed in terms of the presence of age grading practices which structure the life course for many Japanese living in rural areas. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990217404 A |
| Classmark | HT: TMA: RL: 7DT |
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