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Alan Bairner received an M.A. in politics from the University of Edinburgh, a postgraduate certificate in secondary education from Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hull. His recent publications include The Politics of the Olympics—a Survey (co-edited with G. Molnar, 2010); Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics (co-edited with J. Kelly and J. W. Lee, 2017); Sport and Body Cultures in East and South East Asia (co-edited F. Trotier, 2018); and Sport and Secessionism (co-edited with M. Vaczi, 2021). Tzu-hsuan Chen is a professor at the Graduate Institute of Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests currently focus on sport and mass media, globalization, fan culture, and nationalism. Ying Chiang is a professor at the Chihlee University of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in sport sociology from National Taiwan Sport University, an M.A. in journalism from Shih Hsin University, and a B.A. in sociology from National Taipei University. She has written on media representation of female athletes and sports fans in Taiwan and on the nationalism and sport in Taiwan society.
This book is a comprehensive, critical, and timely piece of scholarship that makes a valuable and unique contribution to both the field and our understanding of the distinct and precarious status of Taiwan as a culture and society. Drawing on a range of academic disciplines, theories and methods, the fascinating assembly of essays cover topics spanning indigenous sport, racialised sporting bodies, sport policy and, sport and international relations. The editors, Bairner, Chiang, and Chen, have skilfully blended a collection that uses sport as a strategic lens to provide insights into the complex cultural, economic, political and diplomatic spheres within which Taiwan carefully negotiates its sovereignty and identity amidst an international community that largely spectates from the geo-political side-lines. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the significance of sport in Taiwan but also the significance of Taiwan in the world. -Steve Jackson, Otago University, New Zealand
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