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Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: The Asian Games book cover

1st Edition

Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism The Asian Games

Edited By Fan Hong Copyright 2007
154 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge
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The first book to focus solely on the Asian Games, this is an analysis of the Oriental rival to the Olympics in terms of its geopolitical, economic, sociological, historical, racial and aesthetic context, looking at its birth, growth and maturation from 1913 up until 2006. Written by a team of international scholars, this is a collection of original research and first-hand material from archives... Read more

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.

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