Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism

The Asian Games
Herausgeber: Hong, Fan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 173mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415400176
• ISBN-10: 0415400171
• Artikelnr.: 22154000

Autorenporträt

Fan Hong

Inhaltsangabe

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