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Modern sport : the global obsession : politics, religion, class, gender : essays in honour of J.A. Mangan / edited by Boria Majumdar and Fan Hong.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sport in the global societyPublisher: London : Routledge, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xiv, 281 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415390540
  • 9780415390545
Uniform titles:
  • International Journal of the History of Sport. Special issue.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.483 22
Contents:
Prologue : transcending national boundaries / Boria Majumdar -- 1. A man for the future / Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji -- 2. Beijing ambitions : an analysis of the Chinese elite sports system and its Olympic strategy for the 2008 Olympic Games / Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong -- 3. Women, nationalism and the Beijing Olympics : preparing for glory / Dong Jinxia -- 4. 'Sadly neglected' - hunting and gendered identities : a study in gender construction / Callum Mckenzie -- 5. Amateur world champion, 1893 : the international cycling career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888-1896 / Andrew Ritchie -- 6. An imperial legacy - British by inclination : socialization, education and a Gibraltarian sense of identity / E. G. Archer -- 7. Discipline, character, health : ideals and icons of Nordic masculinity 1860-1930 / Henrik Meinander -- 8. Closing the circle : sponsorship and the Greek Olympic Games from ancient times to the present day / Penelope Kissoudi -- 9. Maharajas and cricket : self, state, province and nation / Boria Majumdar -- 10. The political significance of sport : an Asian case study - sport, Japanese colonial policy and Korean national resistance, 1910-1945 / Gwang Ok -- 11. Sport as a political tool : Tanzania and the liberation of Africa / Hamad S. Ndee -- 12. Celluloid soccer : the peculiarities of soccer in Bengali cinema / Sharmistha Gooptu -- 13. Sedentary games and the nationalist project : a silent history / Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji -- 14. Sports history in India : prospects and problems / Kausik Bandyopadhyay -- 15. 'For all that was good, noble and true' : a middle class martial icon of Canadian patriotism and British imperialism : John Lovell Dashwood, Canada and the Great War / Colm Hickey -- 16. 'Christ and the imperial games fields' in south-central Africa - sport and the Scottish missionaries in Malawi, 1880-1914 : utilitarian compromise / Markku Hokkanen -- Epilogue : a fine example has boundless power / Fan Hong.
Review: "These essays by leading academics and rising new talent consider the phenomenon of modern sport and its massive influence over global society. Together, this collection is also a tribute to the pioneering work of Professor J.A. Mangan on the political, religious, class and gender-based aspects of modern sport, from academics greatly influenced by him and his writing. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : transcending national boundaries / Boria Majumdar -- 1. A man for the future / Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji -- 2. Beijing ambitions : an analysis of the Chinese elite sports system and its Olympic strategy for the 2008 Olympic Games / Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong -- 3. Women, nationalism and the Beijing Olympics : preparing for glory / Dong Jinxia -- 4. 'Sadly neglected' - hunting and gendered identities : a study in gender construction / Callum Mckenzie -- 5. Amateur world champion, 1893 : the international cycling career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888-1896 / Andrew Ritchie -- 6. An imperial legacy - British by inclination : socialization, education and a Gibraltarian sense of identity / E. G. Archer -- 7. Discipline, character, health : ideals and icons of Nordic masculinity 1860-1930 / Henrik Meinander -- 8. Closing the circle : sponsorship and the Greek Olympic Games from ancient times to the present day / Penelope Kissoudi -- 9. Maharajas and cricket : self, state, province and nation / Boria Majumdar -- 10. The political significance of sport : an Asian case study - sport, Japanese colonial policy and Korean national resistance, 1910-1945 / Gwang Ok -- 11. Sport as a political tool : Tanzania and the liberation of Africa / Hamad S. Ndee -- 12. Celluloid soccer : the peculiarities of soccer in Bengali cinema / Sharmistha Gooptu -- 13. Sedentary games and the nationalist project : a silent history / Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji -- 14. Sports history in India : prospects and problems / Kausik Bandyopadhyay -- 15. 'For all that was good, noble and true' : a middle class martial icon of Canadian patriotism and British imperialism : John Lovell Dashwood, Canada and the Great War / Colm Hickey -- 16. 'Christ and the imperial games fields' in south-central Africa - sport and the Scottish missionaries in Malawi, 1880-1914 : utilitarian compromise / Markku Hokkanen -- Epilogue : a fine example has boundless power / Fan Hong.

"These essays by leading academics and rising new talent consider the phenomenon of modern sport and its massive influence over global society. Together, this collection is also a tribute to the pioneering work of Professor J.A. Mangan on the political, religious, class and gender-based aspects of modern sport, from academics greatly influenced by him and his writing. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport."--BOOK JACKET.

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