This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in Asia. It addresses a wide range of issues central to sport in the context of Asian culture, politics, economy and society.
The book explores diverse topics, including the history of traditional Asian sport; the rise of modern sport in Asia; the Olympic Movement in Asia; mega sport events in Asia; sport governance and policy; gender, class and ethnicity in Asian sport, and Asia’s sporting heroes and heroines. With contributions from 74 leading international scholars, it offers a new perspective on understanding Asian sport and society, telling the story of how sport in this mega-region is coming together and reshaping the world in the process. It also provides readers with a wide lens through which to better contextualise the relationships between Asia and the world within the global sport community.
The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia is a vital resource for students and scholars studying the history, politics, sociology, culture and policy of sport in Asia, as well as sport management, sport history, sport sociology, and sport policy and politics. It is also valuable reading for those working in international sport organisations.
Introduction: the Asian Century and Asian Sport
Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang
Part I: Asia’s Traditional Sports
1. In Authentic Relations: Traditional Asian Martial Arts, East and West
Paul Bowman
2. Chinese Philosophy and Asian Martial Arts
Barry Allen
3. A Brief History of Chinese Martial Arts
Lu Zhouxiang
4. The Development and Global Transmission of Wing Chun
Benjamin N. Judkins
5. The Transmission Modes of Taijiquan: Traditional Martial Art, Competitive Sport and the Political Re-Appropriation of Culture in Recent China.
Pierrick Porchet
6. The Long-Term Development of Japanese Martial Arts
Raul Sanchez Garcia
7. Kendō: An Indigenous Culture Embodying National Narratives in Japan
Yasuhiro Sakaue
8. Judo
Mike Callan
9. In Search of a Tradition for Taekwondo
Udo Moenig and Minho Kim
10. Chinlone: National Sport of Myanmar
Maitrii Aung-Thwin
Part II: The Rise of Modern Sport and the Olympic Movement in Asia
11. The Foundation and Early Years of the Olympic Council of Asia: A Controversial Body Making Controversial Politics
Jorg Krieger
12. China and the Olympics
Fan Hong and Zhong Yuting
13. The Rise of Modern Sport and the Olympic Movement in India
Souvik Naha
14. The Rise of Modern Sport and the Olympic Movement in Japan
Yasuhiro Sakaue and Lee Thompson
15. Beyond the Peninsula: Sports and the Olympic Games in Colonial Korea (1910–1945)
Seok Lee
16. The Rise of Modern Sport and the Olympic Movement in Korea
Gwang Ok and Ka-Ram Lee
17. The Introduction and Institutionalization of Western sports in Colonial and Post-Colonial Malaya, 1786-1965
Peng Ham Lim
18. Sport, Colonization and Modernity in the Philippines
Gerald R. Gems
19. The Rise of Modern Sport in Colonial Singapore: The Singapore Cricket Club Leads the Way
Nick Aplin
Part III: Sport Policy and Practice: Public and Private Provision
20. International Sports Events and the Two Koreas: Politics, Policies and Practice
Udo Merkel
21. Sport Diplomacy at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang: The Relations between North and South Korea
Jung Woo Lee
22. Commercialisation of Sport in China
Ma Yang and Zheng Jinming
23. The Reform of China’s Elite Sport System: Case Studies on Football and Table Tennis
Huang Gangqiang and Lu Zhouxiang
24. The Development of Sport Policy and Practice in Taiwan
Ko Ling-Mei and Lee Ping-Chao
25. Politics and Policy of Forging Post-Handover Hong Kong as a Sporting Mega-Event Centre
Marcus P. Chu
26. An Overview of Sport in Modern India
Pakianathan Chelladurai and Swarali Patil
27. Indonesia’s Sport Policy and Development in the Old Order Era (1945–1967) and New Order Era (1967–1998)
Amung Ma'mun
Part IV: Social Stratification and Diversity in Asian Sport
28. Safeguarding Children in Sport in Asia
Daniel J. A. Rhind and Katsumi Mori
29. Sport and Ethnicity
Bonnie Pang and Rohini Balram
30. South Korea: Women and Sport in a Persistent Patriarchy
Guy Podoler
31. Disability Sport in Malaysia: Challenges and Opportunities
Selina Khoo
32. Sport and Gender in Contemporary China
Xiong Huan
33. The Changing Society, State Policies and Sport for Young Children in 21st Century China
Zhong Yijing and Dong Jinxia
34. The Development of Elite Disability Sport in China
Guan Zhixun
35. Sport and Social Class in Japan: Past and Present
Koji Kobayashi and Hitoshi Ebishima
36. Sport and Gender in Japan
Osamu Takamine
37. Sport and Ethnicity in Indonesia: Developing National Character through Traditional Games
Toho Cholik Mutohir and Muchamad Arif Al Ardha
38. Yoga for Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Adolescent Relationship Issues
Prasanna Balaji
Part V: Sport in West Asia and the Middle East
39. Sport and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Andrea L. Stanton
40. Sport and International Relations in the Arab World
Bakeel Al Zandani and Youcef Bouandel
41. Arab Countries’ Strategies to Bid and to Host Major Sport Events
Wadih Ishac
42. The Emergence and Development of the Islamic Solidarity Games
Abdul Rahim Al Droushi
43. Soccer: Moulding the Middle East and North Africa
James M. Dorsey
44. Playing Ball: Crowd and ‘Contra-Crowd’ in the Politics of Egyptian and Tunisian Football
Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh
Part VI: Asian Mega Sporting Events
45. The Asian Games, Asian Sports, and Asian Politics
Fan Hong and Gong He
46. The Far Eastern Championship Games
Wang Yan
47. The Games of the New Emerging Forces
Friederike Trotier
48. Borrowed Spectacle: Olympic Rhetoric in Political Battles
Jessamyn R. Abel
49. The Southeast Asian Games
Simon Creak
50. The Asian Indoor Games
Feng Jing
51. The Political Dimension of the AFC Asian Cup
Jörg Krieger
52. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Min Ge
53. The 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and South Korea’s Mega-Events
Jihyun Cho
54. Wushu Competitions in Asia
Shen Liang
Part VII: Asia’s Sport Heroes and Heroines
55. Liu Changchun: China’s First Olympic Athlete
Zhang Ling
56. Rudy Hartono: An Indonesian badminton legend
Toho Cholik Mutohir and Awang Firmansyah
57. Dipa Karmakar: Rising Star of India
Usha S. Nair
58. Bruce Lee: His Jeet Kune Do, His Movies and His Legacy
Liu Yinya
59. Eric Liddell: The Flying Scotsman in China
Zhang Huijie
60. Yao Ming: The Basketball Giant
Huang Fuhua
61. Seri Pak: Korea’s Golf Empress
Gwang Ok and Kyoungho Park
62. Dhyan Chand Singh: A Legend in Hockey
Usha S. Nair
63. He Zhenliang: China’s Mr Olympics
Zhang Jie
Biography
Fan Hong is Professor in Asian Studies at Bangor University, UK. She is Visiting and Adjunct Professor at several universities in China, Indonesia and Australia. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture, and an editorial board member of several academic journals. Her research interests are in the areas of sport history, gender, policy and organisations, cross-cultural studies and Asian studies.
Lu Zhouxiang is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland. He is also Academic Editor of the Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture and Editor of Cogent Social Sciences. His main research interests are Chinese history, national identity, Chinese martial arts and China’s sport policy and practice.
"[Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang] should be praised for bringing together this first major overview of sport in the vastness that is Asia. We have waited a long time for a volume like this one. In the Routledge Companion to Sports History published in 2010, Fan Hong opened the eyes of westerners to the strength of Chinese sports history. Now we have more, not just of sports history but also of contemporary sports issues across Asia." – Wray Vamplew, University of Edinburgh, The International Journal of the History of Sport
"This ambitious compendium of 63 essays introduces readers to the vast subject of historical and contemporary sporting experiences of Asia, ranging across historical, geographic, and cultural borders. … Those sports/countries that are covered receive nuanced analysis. One important theme this volume tackles well is how Asian states have sought to deploy sport to advance their political agendas. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - J. S. Franks, emeritus, San Jose State University, CHOICE
