Christianity and the Transformation of Physical Education and Sport - in Chin

Informationen zum Autor Hujie Zhang is a lecturer at Jiangxi Normal University, China. Her main research interests are in the areas of sports history, especially in Christian involvement in sport in modern China and traditional sport. Fan Hong is Professor in Asian Studies and the Deputy Dean of Bangor College, Bangor University in UK. Her main research interests are in the areas of culture, politics, gender and sport and she has published extensively in these areas. Fuhua Huang is a lecturer at Jiangxi Normal University. His main research interests are globalization and sport, professionalization and commercialization of sport, sport history and traditional sport. Zusammenfassung This book examines the process of transformation of Chinese attitudes toward PE and sport, using the concepts of cultural imperialism and nationalism as a lens to understand how a Western cultural import became a modernization tool for the Chinese state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Christianity and Modern Sport: a Cross-cultural Context 2. Christian Missions and the Emergence of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1840–1908) 3. Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1908–1919) 4. Rising Nationalism and the Diminishing Role of the Christian Institutions in Chinese National Physical Education and Sport (1919–1928) 5. Nationalism and the Indigenization and Modernization of Physical Education and Sport in China (1928–1937) 6. Missionary Schools, the YMCA and the Modernization of Chinese Sport: Cultural Imperialism and Nationalism

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• Authors: Fan Hong, Hong Fan, Fuhua Huang, Huijie Zhang, Huijie (Jiangxi Normal University Zhang, Huijie Hong Zhang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367340087
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34008-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Sport science, physical education, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects