Fan Hong, Lu Zhouxiang

The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China (eBook, ePUB)

Communists and Champions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the relationships between sport, diplomacy and politics in China. It examines how sport has become a vehicle for Chinese national revival and international recognition. It explores the complexity of sport in modern China and discusses how power is achieved through political exploitation of Chinese athletes' bodies.

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317980117
• Artikelnr.: 57073066

Autorenporträt

Professor Fan Hong is the Head of the School of Asian Studies at University College Cork and an academic editor of The International Journal for the History of Sport.

Dr Lu Zhouxiong is Lecturer of Contemporary Chinese Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at the National University Ireland Maynooth.