1st Edition

Christianity and the Transformation of Physical Education and Sport in China

By Huijie Zhang, Fan Hong, Fuhua Huang Copyright 2017
136 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture. Strenuous physical activity was traditionally linked to low class and status in the pre-modern Chinese society. The concept of modern PE was introduced to China by Western Christian missionaries and directors of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). It then grew from... Read more

Introduction

1. Christianity and Modern Sport: a Cross-cultural Context

2. Christian Missions and the Emergence of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1840–1908)

3. Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1908–1919)

4. Rising Nationalism and the Diminishing Role of the Christian Institutions in Chinese National Physical Education and Sport (1919–1928)

5. Nationalism and the Indigenization and Modernization of Physical Education and Sport in China (1928–1937)

6. Missionary Schools, the YMCA and the Modernization of Chinese Sport: Cultural Imperialism and Nationalism

Biography

Hujie Zhang is a lecturer at Jiangxi Normal University, China. Her main research interests are in the areas of sports history, especially in Christian involvement in sport in modern China and traditional sport.

Fan Hong is Professor in Asian Studies and the Deputy Dean of Bangor College, Bangor University in UK. Her main research interests are in the areas of culture, politics, gender and sport and she has published extensively in these areas.

Fuhua Huang is a lecturer at Jiangxi Normal University. His main research interests are globalization and sport, professionalization and commercialization of sport, sport history and traditional sport.