A Study about Physical Education in Factories on the Pre-War- From the Perspective of Historical sociology -

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380723
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Momoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAI Masashi 桃山学院大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (20425101)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 工場体育 / ジェンダー / 社会運動 / バレーボール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the pre-war period, volleyball spread as a recreational sport for female factory workers. Volleyball was introduced as a suitable exercise and for increasing the production efficiency of women workers and it was considered a “sport suited to women” in Japan. However, the Kure navy yard volleyball team created a volleyball culture that had a “manly” fighting spirit, and was successful in national competitions. On the other hand, the prosperity of the “manly” volleyball culture had a parallel relationship with the “sluggishness of the labor movement” in the Kure navy arsenal. In other words, there was coexistence of a “manly” sports culture and dominant class and a submissive worker class culture.

Free Research Field

社会学