Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: The Asian Games Contributor(s): Hong, Fan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415400171 ISBN-13: 9780415400176 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation |
Dewey: 796.095 |
Series: Sport in the Global Society |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.81" W x 9.94" (0.95 lbs) 156 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The first book to focus solely on the Asian Games, this is an analysis of the Oriental rival to the Olympics in terms of its geopolitical, economic, sociological, historical, racial and aesthetic context, looking at its birth, growth and maturation from 1913 up until 2006. Written by a team of international scholars, this is a collection of original research and first-hand material from archives across Asia which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and Orientalism in sport including:
This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society. |