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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Altri autori: Tian, Enqing (Redattore), Wise, Nicholas (Redattore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
Serie:Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 21.
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1108/S1476-2854202421
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Sommario:
  • 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.