Sport in East and Southeast Asian Societies – serie
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Softpower, Soccer, Supremacy
The Chinese Dream
Av J.A. Mangan, Peter Horton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1401 kr
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Xi Jinping’s "Soccer Revolution" is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game. His purpose is to extend the global softpower projection of "the Middle Kingdom": an ancient Western imperial mantra ("bread and circuses") has been replaced by a modern Eastern …
Sport in Taiwan
History, Culture, Policy
Av Alan Bairner, Tzu-hsuan Chen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
970 kr
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This is the first comprehensive study of sport in Taiwan to be published in English. It appears at a time when Taiwan has the attention of the global community to the greatest extent since the years following the creation of the People’s Republic of China and the formation by the Chinese …
Reinventing Martial Arts in the 21st Century
Eastern Stimulus, Western Response
Av George Jennings, J. a. Mangan
Inbunden, 2022
970 kr
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Based on over 15 years of research, this text proposes a new definition of the martial arts to examine how such fighting systems are being re-imagined and reconstructed beyond the arenas of combat and sport in the 21st century Western context. Taking the viewpoint of the martial arts as art forms …
Sport in Hong Kong
Culture, Identity, and Policy
Inbunden, 2024
927 kr
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This edited volume fills a gap in this understudied niche of sport in Hong Kong by offering an interdisciplinary inquiry that acknowledges sport as a global force that shapes local culture, identity, and politics. As such this publication accommodates perspectives across sociology, cultural …
Chinese Women Striving for Status
Sport as Empowerment
Av Dong Jinxia, J.A. Mangan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
949 kr
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The book Chinese Women Striving for Status: Sport as Empowerment is original in focus and in evidence. It analyses for the first time, in informed and substantial detail, the extraordinary, successful and impressive efforts of Chinese sportswomen in their collective striving for, and achieving of, …
Playing on the Edge
Sport, Society and Culture in Asia and Oceania
Av David Rowe, Bonnie Pang m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
927 kr
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Contemporary global sport is in constant, sometimes bewildering flux. This book goes beyond orthodox globalisation theory, deploying the metaphor of ‘playing on the edge’ in analysing the dynamic process of making and remaking sport culture in Asia and Oceania. Beyond sport’s traditionally dominant …
Global China and the Global Game in Africa
China–Africa Engagement through the Lens of Football
Av Jonathan Sullivan, Tobias Ross m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
970 kr
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The story of China–Africa relations is one of the most important geopolitical and geoeconomic developments of the past two decades. This book uses the interaction between China and African countries in football to critically examine how engagement through football reproduces unequal outcomes but …
