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Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974
Stefan Huebner
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Description for Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974
paperback. Based on a vast range of archival materials and spanning 60 years and 3 continents, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia shows how pan-Asian sporting events helped shape anti-colonial sentiments, Asian nationalisms, and pan-Asian aspirations in places as diverse as Japan and Iran, and across the span of countries lying between them. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
The history of regional sporting events in 20th-century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging of power relations in Asia and between Asia and the West. The Far Eastern Championship Games began in 1913, and were succeeded after the Pacific War by the Asian Games. Missionary groups and colonial administrations viewed sporting success not only as a triumph of physical strength and endurance but also of moral education and social reform. Sporting competitions were to shape a “new Asian man” and later a “new Asian woman” by ... Read more
The history of regional sporting events in 20th-century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging of power relations in Asia and between Asia and the West. The Far Eastern Championship Games began in 1913, and were succeeded after the Pacific War by the Asian Games. Missionary groups and colonial administrations viewed sporting success not only as a triumph of physical strength and endurance but also of moral education and social reform. Sporting competitions were to shape a “new Asian man” and later a “new Asian woman” by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
National University of Singapore Press Singapore
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789814722032
SKU
V9789814722032
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About Stefan Huebner
Stefan Huebner is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (WiMi) at the Historical Institute, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany.
Reviews for Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974
...provides a powerful model of how sports are a significant marker of modernity...resonates beyond the subject matter to explore new directions in diplomacy and modern East-West relations." — American Historical Review “presents a salient intersection between Asian Studies, sports studies and world history. It not only underlines the significance of sports in the context of decolonisation, nation-building and ... Read more