Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism

Informationen zum Autor Fan Hong Klappentext Uniquely focused on the Asian Games, this is an historical analysis of the relationship between sport and national identity in Asia, tracing the development of the Games from 1913 to 2006 and relating this history to the wider geopolitical context. Zusammenfassung Uniquely focused on the Asian Games, this is an historical analysis of the relationship between sport and national identity in Asia, tracing the development of the Games from 1913 to 2006 and relating this history to the wider geopolitical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: the Origin of the Asian Games: Power and Politics 1. India and the Asian Games: From Infancy to Maturity 2. Indonesia and the Asian Games: Sport, Nationalism and the 'New Order' 3.The Politicisation of Sport: GANEFO – A Case Study 4. Thailand and the Asian Games: Coping with the Crisis 5. Iran and the Asian Games: the Largest Sports Event in the Middle East 6. South Korea and the Asian Games: the First Step to the World 7. Communist China and the Asian Games: The Thirty-Nine Year Struggle to Victory 8. Qatar 2006 Asian Games: A ‘Modernisation’ Project from Above? Epilogue: Nationalism, Orientalism and Globalisation: the Future of the Asian Games

Product details

• Authors: Fan Hong
• Assisted by: Fan Hong (Editor), Hong Fan (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2006
• EAN: 9780415400176
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40017-6
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Sport in the Global Society; Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Politics & government, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Politics and government