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Associate Professor of Anthropology

Elise Edwards is an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of History & Anthropology at Butler University

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Elise Edwards is an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of History & Anthropology at Butler University

Present	Associate Professor of Anthropology, Butler University ‐ Department of History & Anthropology
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Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Leisure Studies, and Sports Studies

Anthropology of Sport, Anthropology of Science, Women’s Studies, Feminist Theory, and Historical Anthropology

Introduction to Anthropology
Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Japan
The Anthropology of Sport

Journal Articles (6)

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Migration and Laws of Contagion: Cultivating Talent in Japanese Women ...

Japanese Studies (2018)

Elise M. Edwards

Even in 2018, a relatively small number of Japanese women play soccer; however, the Japan Football Association (JFA) and its ...

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From Grade Schooler to Great Star: Childhood Development and the ...

Child’s Play: Multi-Sensory Histories of Children and Childhood in Japan (2017)

Elise M. Edwards

This chapter, by Elise Edwards, explores how, in its quest for success in the men’s FIFA World Cup, the Japan ...

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Fields of Individuals and Neoliberal Logics: Japanese Soccer Ideals and ...

Journal of Sport and Social Issues (2014)

Elise M. Edwards

This article explores the relationship between popular representations of soccer and the rise of neoliberal discourse celebrating a new individualism ...

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Rethinking Combined History Departments: An Argument for History and Anthropology

Learning and Teaching (2013)

Ageeth Sluis and Elise M. Edwards

Many opportunities for more integrated teaching that better capture the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary scholars' work and better achieve the ...

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AN ETHICS FOR WORKING UP?: Japanese Corporate Scandals and Rethinking ...

Critical Asian Studies (2007)

Elise M. Edwards

Almost forty years after Laura Nader's initial rallying call for anthropologists to “study up,” research on power holders and elite ...

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Bodies in Motion: Contemplating Work, Leisure, and Late Capitalism in ...

Anthropological Quarterly (2003)

Elise M. Edwards

Review article of: Laura Spielvogel. 2003. Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs. Durham and ...

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Contribution to Book

The Promises and Possibilities of the Pitch: 1990s Ladies League ...

Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan (2013)

Elise M. Edwards

Dr. Edwards' contribution to: Miller, Laura, et al. Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan. Stanford ...

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Gender Lessons on the Fields of Contemporary Japan: The Female ...

This Sporting Life: Sports and Body Culture in Modern Japan (2007)

Elise M. Edwards

Dr. Edwards' contribution to : Kelly, William W., and Atsuo Sugimoto. 2007. This Sporting Life : Sports and Body Culture ...

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Theorizing the Cultural Importance of Play: Anthropological Approaches to Sports ...

A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan (2007)

Elise M. Edwards

Dr. Edwards' contribution to: Robertson, Jennifer Ellen. 2005. A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan. Blackwell companions to anthropology, 5. ...

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Program Report for the Society of East Asian Anthropology

Anthropology News (2013)

Elise M. Edwards

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Not a Cinderella Story: The Long Road to a Japanese ...

Stanford University Press Blog (2011)

Elise M. Edwards

Guest blog by Dr. Edwards remarking on the historical context of the Japanese National Team's Victory at the 2011 Women's ...

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Response to Commentary on “Rethinking Combined Departments: An Argument for ...

Learning and Teaching (2014)

Ageeth Sluis and Elise M. Edwards

Contains response from the authors, Ageeth Sluis and Elise Edwards.

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Journal Articles (6)

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