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The National Games and National Identity in China - A History (Hardcover)
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The National Games and National Identity in China - A History (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society
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The history of China's National Games reflects both the
transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society.
This is the first book to describe the origins and development of
the National Games through their dynamic relationship with Chinese
politics, nationalism and identity in the modern era. Looking
specifically at the role of the National Games in China's changing
social, political and economic circumstances from 1910 to 2009,
this book uncovers how the National Games reflected the shifts in
state-led nationalist ideologies within three historical eras: the
late Qing Dynasty and Republican China (1910-1948), the early
People's Republic of China (1959-1979) and the People's Republic of
China in the post-1980s (1983-2009). It also examines how the
National Games were reformed to serve China's Olympic Strategy in
the context of globalization and commercialization from the 1980s
onwards. Full of original insights into archive material, each
chapter sheds new light on the social, cultural and political
significance of this sporting mega-event in the shaping of modern
China. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in
the politics, history and culture of China.
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