Sport and Nationalism in Asia Power, Politics and Identity

Written by a team of international scholars, Sport and Nationalism in Asia - Power, Politics, and Identity is a collection of original research which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and identity in sport including: how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism; the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and national identity; the way modern sport creates and reflects nationalism, thereby giving it a voice and a focus. The book covers eight case studies on countries/regions across West Asia, Central Asia and East Asia. It is one of the few works that examines the relationships between sport, politics and nationalism from an Asian perspective.

This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Info autore

Fan Hong is Winthrop Professor at the Faculty of Arts, the University of Western Australia. Her main research interests are in the areas of Chinese culture, politics, gender, and sport.

Lu Zhouxiang is a Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at National University of Ireland, Maynooth. His main research interests are modern Chinese history, nationalism and globalism.

Riassunto

The book is an analysis of the relationship between sport and nationalism from an Asian perspective. It examines how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism. It discusses the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and nati

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Zhouxiang Lu (Editore), Fan Hong (Editore), Lu Zhouxiang (Editore), Hong Fan (Editore)
• Autori: Fan Lu Hong, Fan (Bangor University Hong
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.12.2020
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9780367738846
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73884-6
• Numero di pagine: 122
• Serie: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
• Categorie: SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Asia, Nationalism, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sports and Active outdoor recreation