Indigenous Sports History and Culture in Asia

Indigenous Sports History and Culture in Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 179
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ISBN-10 : 9781000461695
ISBN-13 : 1000461696
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Book Synopsis Indigenous Sports History and Culture in Asia by : Fan Hong

Download or read book Indigenous Sports History and Culture in Asia written by Fan Hong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in English that adopts a critical socio-historical perspective to examine the important themes and challenges of Asian indigenous culture and sport. Written by leading sport historians and scholars, the chapters in the book contain real-life case studies and comparative studies in Asian sport. The book examines the history, contemporary governance and management, gender, and ethnic issues embedded in folk sports and physical culture, and the challenges faced by Asian indigenous sports and their evolution. Based on cutting-edge research from China, Japan, Korea, Israel and beyond, this book will be a valuable addition to any course in sport history, sport culture, sport development and sport sociology. It will stimulate those who are seeking ways to promote and develop indigenous sports, from intangible cultural heritage protection to global sport partnership. It will also be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners, who wish to understand the changing face of Asian society and Asian indigenous sport. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.


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