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Informationen zum Autor J.A.Mangan is an internationally recognised academic with a wide range of publications in the politics of sport at various analytical levels. Dong Jinxia is an expert on Chinese sport with experience as international performer, judge and academic. Klappentext Brings together international scholars with an interest in sport and politics and sinologists with an interest in China - to explore global reaction to the Beijing Olympics - China's anticipated moment of glory on the world stage. This collection demonstrates that sport is inseparable from politics. Zusammenfassung The Beijing Olympics is a political act and assertion. It is the culmination of political effort going back to 1949. In essence, it is the outcome of dramatic diplomatic, political, cultural, social and economic change born of ideological commitment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preface: Geopolitical Games: Beijing 2008 J. A. Mangan 2. Prologue: Beijing 2008 – The Mixed Messages of Contemporary Chinese Nationalism Julia Lovell 3. Olympic Aspirations: Chinese Women on Top – Considerations and Consequences Dong Jinxia and J. A. Mangan 4. Olympian Politics in Beijing: Games, But Not Just Games Kevin Caffrey 5. Dancing around the Elephant: The Beijing Olympics – Taiwanese Reflections and Reactions Junwei Yu 6. Sport as Public Diplomacy and Public Disquiet: Australia’s Ambivalent Embrace of the Beijing Olympics Peter Horton 7. The Dish Might Be Overspiced: Fears, Doubts and Criticisms in French Perceptions of Chinese Olympic and Other Successes Thierry Terret 8. Creative Tensions: ‘Join in London’ meets ‘Dancing Beijing’ – The Cultural Power of the Olympics Vassil Girginov 9. Preparing to Take Credit for China’s Glory: American Perspectives on the Beijing Olympic Games Mark Dyreson 10. Epilogue: Sideshow Beijing 2008 – An Absence of Euphoria beyond the Southern Clouds Kevin Caffrey ...
