Sport in Asian Society: Past and present

by Hong; Fan

• ISBN13: 9780714683539
• ISBN10: 0714683531
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The 2002 Word Cup in Korea and Japan is just one example of how important modern sport has become to Asia - politically, economically and emotionally; and yet the development of sport in this largest and most diverse continent on earth has been little studied. This collection explores sport's role in many Asian countries, including China, Japan, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Iran, and charts its progress from imperial legacy of the West in the 19th century, to instrument of national self-assertion and prestige in the 20th, and finally to global consumer culture into the 21st century and beyond. These essays provide insights into a complex society which is becoming a major force in world sport.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Foreword	ix
Bi Shiming
Series Editor's Foreword	xi
Prologue -- Asian Sport: From the Recent Past	1	(10)
J.A. Mangan
Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields -- Beginnings	11	(24)
J.A. Mangan
Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields -- Consolidation	35	(32)
J.A. Mangan
Celestials in Touch: Sport and the Chinese in Colonial Singapore	67	(32)
N.G. Aplin
Quek Jin Jong
`Sportsmanship' -- English Inspiration and Japanese Response: F.W. Strange and Chiyosaburo Takeda	99	(30)
Ikuo Abe
J.A. Mangan
`Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds': Sport and Society in Colonial Malaya	129	(28)
Janice N. Brownfoot
Cricket in Colonial India: The Bombay Pentangular, 1892--1946	157	(32)
Boria Majumdar
Sport in China: Conflict between Tradition and Modernity, 1840s to 1930s	189	(24)
Fan Hong
Tan Hua
Ideology, Politics, Power: Korean Sport -- Transformation, 1945--92	213	(30)
Ha Nam-Gil
J.A. Mangan
Shackling the Lion: Sport and Modern Singapore	243	(32)
Peter A. Horton
The Juggernaut of Globalization: Sport and Modernization in Iran	275	(20)
H.E. Chehabi
Pancasila: Sport and the Building of Indonesia -- Ambitions and Obstacles	295	(24)
Iain Adams
Communist China: Sport, Politics and Diplomacy	319	(24)
Fan Hong
Xiong Xiaozheng
The Road to Modernization: Sport in Taiwan	343	(23)
Trevor Slack
Hsu Yuan-min
Tsai Chiung-tzu
Fan Hong
Sport in Modern India: Policies, Practices and Problems	366	(18)
Packianathan Chelladurai
D. Shanmuganathan
Jaihind Jothikaran
A.S. Nageswaran
From Iran to All of Asia: The Origin and Diffusion of Polo	384	(17)
H.E. Chehabi
Allen Guttmann
Epilogue -- Into the Future: Asian Sport and Globalization	401	(7)
Fan Hong
Select Bibliography	408	(9)
Notes on Contributors	417	(4)
Index	421