Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism

The Asian Games
Herausgeber: Hong, Fan

• Broschiertes 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

• Sport in the Global Society
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780415568500
• ISBN-10: 0415568501
• Artikelnr.: 28025556

Autorenporträt

Fan Hong

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Origin of the Asian Games: Power and Politics. Fan Hong. 1.
India and the Asian Games: From Infancy to Maturity. Mithlesh K. Singh
Sisodia. 2. Indonesia and the Asian Games: Sport, Nationalism and the 'New
Order'. Rusli Lutan. 3. The Politicization of Sport: GANEFO - A Case Study.
Rusli Lutan and Fan Hong. 4. Thailand and the Asian Games: Coping with
Crisis. Sombat Karnjanakit and Supitr Samahito. 5. Iran and the Asian
Games: The Largest Sports Event in the Middle East. Ali-Mohammad Amirtash.
6. South Korea and the Asian Games: The First Step to the World. Eunha Koh.
7. Communist China and the Asian Games 1951-1990: The Thirty-nine Year
Struggle to Victory. Fan Hong. 8. 2006 Qatar Asian Games: A 'Modernization'
Project from Above?. Mahfoud Amara. Epilogue: Nationalism, Orientalism and
Globalization: The Future of the Asian Games. Fan Hong. Table. The Far
Eastern Championship Games 1913-1934. Huan Xiong. Table. The Asian Games
1951-2002. Ping Wu.