Modern Sport - The Global Obsession (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Majumdar, Boria; Hong, Fan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sport has become more than a simple physical expression or game- it now pervades all societies at all levels and has become bound up in nationalism, entertainment, patriotism and culture. Now a global obsession, sport has infiltrated into all areas of modern life and despite noble ideals that sport stands above politics, religion, class, gender and ideology, the reality is often very different.

These essays by leading academics and rising new talent consider the phenomenon of modern sport and its massive influence over global society. Together, this collection is also a tribute to the pioneering and inspirational work of Professor J.A. Mangan on the political, religious, class and gender-based aspects of modern sport, from academics greatly influenced by him and his writing.

This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317997948
• Artikelnr.: 58399822

Autorenporträt

Majumdar, Boria; Hong, Fan

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Transcending National Boundaries. Boria Majumdar 1. A Man for the
Future. Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji 2. Beijing Ambitions: An
Analysis of the Chinese Elite Sports System and its Olympic Strategy for
the 2008 Olympic Games Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong 3. Women,
Nationalism and the Beijing Olympics: Preparing for Glory. Dong Jinxia 4.
'Sadly Neglected' - Hunting and Gendered Identities: A Study in Gender
Construction. Callum McKenzie 5. Amateur World Champion, 1893: The
International Cycling Career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888 -
1896 Andrew Ritchie 6 An Imperial Legacy - British by Inclination:
Socialization, Education and a Gibraltarian Sense of Identity E. G. Archer
7. Discipline, Character, Health: Ideals and Icons of Nordic Masculinity
1860 - 1930 Henrik Meinander 8. Closing the Circle: Sponsorship and the
Greek Olympic Games from Ancient Times to the Present Day Penelope Kissoudi
9. Maharajas and Cricket: Self, State, Province and Nation Boria Majumdar
10. The Political Significance of Sport: An Asian Case Study - Sport,
Japanese Colonial Policy and Korean National Resistance, 1910 - 1945 Gwang
Ok 11. Sport as a Political Tool: Tanzania and the Liberation of Africa
Hamad S. Ndee 12. Celluloid Soccer: The Peculiarities of Soccer in Bengali
Cinema Sharmistha Gooptu 13. Sedentary Games and the Nationalist Project: A
Silent History Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji 14. Sports History in
India: Prospects and Problems Kausik Bandyopadhyay 15. 'For All That Was
Good, Noble and True': A Middle Class Martial Icon of Canadian Patriotism
and British Imperialism John Lovell Dashwood Canada and the Great War.
Colm Hickey 16. 'Christ and the Imperial Games Fields' in South-Central
Africa - Sport and the Scottish Missionaries in Malawi, 1880 - 1914:
Utilitarian Compromise. Markku Hokkanen. Epilogue: A Fine Example Has
Boundless Power Fan Hong