{"product_id":"sport-and-nationalism-in-asia-power-politics-and-identity-9780367738846","title":"Sport and Nationalism in Asia: Power, Politics and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fan Hong | Zhouxiang Lu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a team of international scholars, \u003ci\u003eSport and Nationalism in Asia - Power, Politics, and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of original research which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and identity in sport including: how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism; the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and national identity; the way modern sport creates and reflects nationalism, thereby giving it a voice and a focus. The book covers eight case studies on countries\/regions across West Asia, Central Asia and East Asia. It is one of the few works that examines the relationships between sport, politics and nationalism from an Asian perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of the History of Sport\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929321328791,"sku":"9780367738846","price":2573.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367738846.webp?v=1771599021","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sport-and-nationalism-in-asia-power-politics-and-identity-9780367738846","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}