Grant Jarvie

Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics

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The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing but many human rights activists support a boycott. They liken the circumstances to previous governments that used the games to glorify their regimes - most notoriously the Nazis in 1936. What has led to this perception and is it fair? Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics is a cultural history of sport in China and challenges many such ingrained Western assumptions. The authors unpick the relationship of sport to imperialism and revolution, and examine its significance in both China and Taiwan at governmental and everyday levels. In the process, they successfully debunk harmful myths, such… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Hwang, Dong-Jhy / Brennan, Mel

ISBN: 978-1-84788-373-5
EAN: 9781847883735
Produktnummer: 17038257
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'724 KB
Abbildungen: bibliography, index

Über den Autor

Professor Grant Jarvie is Deputy Principal and Chair of Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. He is past President of the British Society of Sports History and Honorary Professor with the Academy of Physical Education and Sport, Warsaw. Dr. Dong-Jhy Hwang is Associate Professor with The National College of Physical Education and Sports in Taiwan. Mel Brennan is a lecturer, Towson University (USA). Mel is the former Head of Special Projects for CONCACAF, a confederation of FIFA.University of Stirling