Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Katrin Bromber (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Germany) ,  Birgit Krawietz (Free University Berlin, Germany) ,  Joseph Maguire (Loughborough University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   21
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415884389

ISBN 10:   0415884381
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   19 December 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Introduction: From Asian Sports to Sport in Asia Katrin Bromber, Birgit Krawietz and Joseph Maguire 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Sport and Culture: Against Sports as the Essence of Western Modernity Ingrid Kummels 2. Civilising Bodies: Somatic Engineering in China Denise Gimpel 3. Sport in Japan in the Early 21st Century: An Interpretation Lee Thompson 4. The Memory of Colonialism and Imagined Unification: Two Distinctive Natures of South Korean Sporting Nationalism in the 21st Century Jung Woo Lee and Joseph Maguire 5. Representing True Laos in Post-Colonial Southeast Asia: Regional Dynamics in the Globalization of Sport Simon Creak 6. The Debate on ‘Revival’ and the Physical Culture Movement in Western India (1900-1950) Namrata R. Ganneri 7. Martial Arts Iranian Style: Zurkhane Heavy Athletics and Wrestling Contested Birgit Krawietz 8. The Development of Mountaineering in Republican Turkey Funda Akcan and Nefise Bulgu 9. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain as a Modern Sport Hub Katrin Bromber and Birgit Krawietz

Reviews

Author Information

Joseph Maguire is Professor of Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University. Birgit Krawietz is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Free University of Berlin. Katrin Bromber is a researcher at the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions