| Sport and Nationalism in Asia: Power, Politics and Identity Contributor(s): Hong, Fan (Editor), Lu, Zhouxiang (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138828149 ISBN-13: 9781138828148 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.8" (0.90 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |