The mediating power of sport : global challenges and sport culture in China
Given China's investment in sport, success in international competitions and recent hosting of high-profile events, there is no doubt the country is a rising power in the realm of global sports. Encouraging readers in other international settings to consider this topic from their own cultural c...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2024.
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| Series | Research in the sociology of sport ;
v. 21. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781837530809 |
| DOI | 10.1108/S1476-2854202421 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction - The mediating power of sport: global challenges and sport culture in China / Nicholas Wise and Enqing Tian Chapter 1. Embodied turn? reviewing and reflecting on the study of Chinese traditional sports culture / Zhen Zhang
- Chapter 2. Chinese sports heroes and nationalism at mega-sporting events / Gen Li
- Chapter 3. Debates on football and Chinese national identity / Kaixiao Jiang and Jinyu Liu
- Chapter 4. Chinese football fandom: growing with the changing Chinese society / Kaixiao Jiang and Liam O'Callaghan
- Chapter 5. The commercialisation of Chinese professional football: transition and evolution / Yang Ma
- Chapter 6. Jack and the visiting giants: The development of Chinese baseball / Xiaoqian Richard Hu
- Chapter 7. From an expatriate-only sport to an Asian Games sport: the development of cricket in China / Boyang He, Dominic Malcolm, and Chunyang Xu
- Chapter 8. Esportisation: the inclusion of esports in the Hangzhou Asian Games / Jianping Hong and Jiandong Yi
- Chapter 9. Running culture in China: conceptualizing notions of power and self / Zhanbing Ren
- Chapter 10. Challenges in reforms of Chinese Elite Sports: towards a new development mode / Dehao Ma and Liu Ji
- Chapter 11. From "imported" to "local": framing foundations on the sociology of sport in China / Qiang Gao and Le Zhou.