The East Asian Olympiads, 1934-2008 : building bodies and nations in Japan, Korea, and China /
The East Asian Olympiads, 1934-2008 : building bodies and nations in Japan, Korea, and China /
edited by William M. Tsutsui and Michael Baskett.
- Leiden : Global Oriental, ©2011.
- 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Introduction / Athletics as Politics: Japan, the Phillipines, and the Far Eastern Olympics of 1934 / Going for the Gold: Health and Sports in Japan's Quest for Modernity / When Athletes Are Diplomats: Competing for World Opinion at the Tokyo Olympiads / Public Service/Public Relations: The Mobilization of the Self-Defense Force for the Tokyo Olympic Games / Foreign and Domestic Bodies: Sexual Anxieties and Desires at the Tokyo Olympics / Nationalist Desires, State Spectacles, and Hegemonic Legacies: Retrospective Tales of Seoul's Olympic Regime / Cultural Policy and the 1988 Seoul Olympics: "3S" as Urban Body Politics / "Why Are They So Far Ahead of Us?" The National Body, National Anxiety, and the Olympics in China / The Olympic Games and China's Search for Internationalization / Uneven Political Reform and Development in the Shadow of the Beijing Olympic Games / S(up)porting Roles: East Asian Women and the Olympic Games / Sports Mega-Events and the Shaping of Urban Modernity in East Asia / Index / William M. Tsutsui and Michael Baskett -- William M. Tsutsui -- Grant K. Goodman -- Barak Kushner -- Jessamyn R. Abel -- Aaron Skabelund -- Paul Droubie -- James P. Thomas -- Lisa Kim Davis -- Andrew Morris -- Xu Guoqi -- John James Kennedy -- Robin Kietlinski -- John Horne -- William M. Tsutsui and Michael Baskett.
The East Asian Olympiads, 1934-2008: Building Bodies and Nations in Japan, Korea, and China is the first scholarly volume to focus on the collective East Asian experience of the Olympic Games. These twelve essays, from the diverse disciplinary perspectives of anthropology, geography, history, political science, and sports studies, explore how the Asian Olympics were used as patriotic exercises and yardsticks of social progress, shaped ideals of individual health and national strength, and were manipulated by states, interest groups, commercial concerns, and the media. This innovative collection suggests that the Olympics have played an important role in the creation of a modern East Asian identity in a world¿́¿and a global sporting culture¿́¿still dominated by the West.
9789004212657 (electronic bk.) 9004212655 (electronic bk.) (hardback ; alk. paper) (hardback ; alk. paper)
Olympics--Participation, East Asian--History.
Olympic athletes--East Asia.
Sports and state--East Asia.
Sports--Social aspects--East Asia.
Jeux olympiques--Participation extrême-orientale--Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Olympics.
Olympics--Participation, East Asian.
Manners and customs.
Olympic athletes.
Sports and state.
Sports--Social aspects.
East Asia--Social life and customs.
East Asia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GV721.4.A75 / E37 2011
796.48095
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Introduction / Athletics as Politics: Japan, the Phillipines, and the Far Eastern Olympics of 1934 / Going for the Gold: Health and Sports in Japan's Quest for Modernity / When Athletes Are Diplomats: Competing for World Opinion at the Tokyo Olympiads / Public Service/Public Relations: The Mobilization of the Self-Defense Force for the Tokyo Olympic Games / Foreign and Domestic Bodies: Sexual Anxieties and Desires at the Tokyo Olympics / Nationalist Desires, State Spectacles, and Hegemonic Legacies: Retrospective Tales of Seoul's Olympic Regime / Cultural Policy and the 1988 Seoul Olympics: "3S" as Urban Body Politics / "Why Are They So Far Ahead of Us?" The National Body, National Anxiety, and the Olympics in China / The Olympic Games and China's Search for Internationalization / Uneven Political Reform and Development in the Shadow of the Beijing Olympic Games / S(up)porting Roles: East Asian Women and the Olympic Games / Sports Mega-Events and the Shaping of Urban Modernity in East Asia / Index / William M. Tsutsui and Michael Baskett -- William M. Tsutsui -- Grant K. Goodman -- Barak Kushner -- Jessamyn R. Abel -- Aaron Skabelund -- Paul Droubie -- James P. Thomas -- Lisa Kim Davis -- Andrew Morris -- Xu Guoqi -- John James Kennedy -- Robin Kietlinski -- John Horne -- William M. Tsutsui and Michael Baskett.
The East Asian Olympiads, 1934-2008: Building Bodies and Nations in Japan, Korea, and China is the first scholarly volume to focus on the collective East Asian experience of the Olympic Games. These twelve essays, from the diverse disciplinary perspectives of anthropology, geography, history, political science, and sports studies, explore how the Asian Olympics were used as patriotic exercises and yardsticks of social progress, shaped ideals of individual health and national strength, and were manipulated by states, interest groups, commercial concerns, and the media. This innovative collection suggests that the Olympics have played an important role in the creation of a modern East Asian identity in a world¿́¿and a global sporting culture¿́¿still dominated by the West.
9789004212657 (electronic bk.) 9004212655 (electronic bk.) (hardback ; alk. paper) (hardback ; alk. paper)
Olympics--Participation, East Asian--History.
Olympic athletes--East Asia.
Sports and state--East Asia.
Sports--Social aspects--East Asia.
Jeux olympiques--Participation extrême-orientale--Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION--Olympics.
Olympics--Participation, East Asian.
Manners and customs.
Olympic athletes.
Sports and state.
Sports--Social aspects.
East Asia--Social life and customs.
East Asia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GV721.4.A75 / E37 2011
796.48095