Asian Sport Celebrity

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Koji Kobayashi (Otaru University of Commerce) Younghan Cho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)

Asian Sport Celebrity

Koji Kobayashi (Otaru University of Commerce), Younghan Cho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Sociology: sport & leisure; Sports & outdoor recreation

Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives

What does the ‘Asian’ mean in Asian sport celebrity? With a collection of nine essays on Asian sport celebrities variously associated with Australia, Belgium, China, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the multi-faceted construction of what it means to be Asian from the perspectives of race, ethnicity and regionality. Sport celebrity, as a modern invention, is disseminated from the West to the rest of the globe including Asia, and so are its functions of symbolizing particular values, desires and personalities idolized and idealized within their respective societies. While Asian athletes were historically depicted as weak, fragile and biologically ‘unsuited’ to modern sport, the emergence of more than a few world-class Asian athletes in the twenty-first century demands an in-depth inquiry into the relationship between sport celebrity and the representation of Asia.

This book is therefore essential for those interested in a range of socio-cultural issues—including globalization, transnationalism, migration, modernity, (post-)coloniality, gender politics, spectacle, citizenship, Orientalism, and nationalism—within and beyond Asia.

It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Edited by: Koji Kobayashi (Otaru University of Commerce), Younghan Cho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367695330
ISBN 10: 0367695332
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Koji Kobayashi is Associate Professor in the Center for Glocal Strategy at Otaru University of Commerce, Japan, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand. His research interests include globalization, cultural production, practice of representation, and identity politics as they relate to sport and recreation. Younghan Cho is Professor of Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He has published widely on global sports, fans and celebrity, the Korean Wave and East Asian pop culture, and nationalism and modernity in Korea and East Asian society.