Wrestling, Warships and Nationalism in Japanese-American Relations

Meyer, Martin J. 2020. Wrestling, Warships and Nationalism in Japanese-American Relations. Martial Arts Studies (10) , pp. 73-88. 10.18573/mas.115

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Abstract

The following article explains how the metaphors ‘wrestling body’ and ‘warship’ are combined, mutually reinforced and nationalistically instrumentalised in the context of sporting events. The first case study examines contentious Japanese public discussions of the possible promotion of American wrestlers to the highest rank in professional sumō. The following case explores the staging of an American actor dressed as a Japanese sumō wrestler for the purposes of patriotic dramatization in North American pro wrestling. Both incidents have metaphorical and temporal parallels which reached their respective symbolic climax in 1993.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	E History America > E151 United States (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Additional Information:	Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial- No Derivatives 4.0 International License
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2057-5696
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 November 2020
Date of Acceptance:	30 October 2020
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 23:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136519

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