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Review of “Discourses of Discipline” by Professor Brent McDonald

May 14, 2015August 13, 2020
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Reprinted courtesy of Pacific Affairs DISCOURSES OF DISCIPLINE: An Anthropology of Corporal Punishment in Japan’s Schools and Sports. Japan Research Monograph, 17. By Aaron L. Miller. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 2013. xiii, 245 pp. (Figures,… Read More »Review of “Discourses of Discipline” by Professor Brent McDonald

Discourses of Discipline: An Anthropology of Corporal Punishment in Japan’s Schools and Sports (Book)

August 1, 2013July 6, 2020
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Synopsis The corporal punishment of youth is a controversial practice across all human societies, but perhaps nowhere has this controversy been overlooked more than in Japan, a nation whose complexities have all too often been hidden from western observers. In… Read More »Discourses of Discipline: An Anthropology of Corporal Punishment in Japan’s Schools and Sports (Book)