Marrow of the Nation

A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China

AvAndrew D. Morris

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

Del 10 i serien Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes

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Beskrivning

By 1907, staff at the Tianjin YMCA were rallying their Chinese charges with the cry: When will China be able to send a winning athlete to the Olympic contests? When will China be able to invite all the world to Peking for an International Olympic contest? Nearly a century later, on the eve of China's first-ever Olympic games, this innovative book shows for the first time how sporting culture and ideology played a crucial role in the making of the modern nation-state in Republican China. A landmark work on the history of sport in China, Marrow of the Nation tells the dramatic story of how Olympic-style competitions and ball games, as well as militarized forms of training associated with the West and Japan, were adapted to become an integral part of the modern Chinese experience.

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Utgivningsdatum:2004-09-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:771 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:University of California Press
Medarbetare:JosephS. Alter
ISBN:9780520240841

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Andrew D. Morris is Associate Professor of History at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

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"Marrow of the Nation is the first book about how new ideas of sport and the body shaped the Chinese nation in its formative years. It is a much needed contribution toward understanding the origins of China's long quest to host the Olympic games." - Susan Brownell, author of Training the Body for China"

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List of Tables Acknowledgments Foreword by Joseph Alter 1. introduction 2. "now the fun of exercise can be realized": from calisthenics and gymnastics ticao to sports tiyu in the 1910s 3. "mind, muscle, and money": a physical culture for the 1920s 4. nationalism and power in the physical culture of the 1920s 5. "we can also be the controllers and oppressors": social bodies and national physiques 6. elite competitive sport in the 1930s 7. from martial arts to national skills: the construction of a modern indigenous physical culture, 1912--37 8. tiyu through wartime and "liberation" Glossary of Names Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography Index