Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics

Name: Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics
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ISBN: 9781845201012

Grant Jarvie, Dong-Jhy Hwang, Mel Brennan

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English

Berg Publishers
01 September 2010

Social theory; Sport & leisure industries

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 as the prevalence of drugs in Chinese sport among women athletes, and present a balanced view that is a much-needed corrective to popular understanding.

By: Grant Jarvie, Dong-Jhy Hwang, Mel Brennan
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 287g
ISBN: 9781845201012
ISBN 10: 1845201019
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 September 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics

An excellent insight into China's cultural history and on that basis an introduction to the ambivalence and complexity that has characterised and still characterises the perceptions of modern sport. -- Daniel Arvidsson, Orebro University * idrottsforum.org *