Sport in Hong Kong culture, identity, and policy / edited by Tobias Zuser and Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho.
| Other author | Zuser, Tobias, 1987- |
| Other author | Ho, Lawrence K. K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Peter Lang, [2024] |
| Description | xiv, 174 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sport in East and Southeast Asian societies : geopolitical, political, cultural and social perspectives, 2689-3460 ; Vol. 5 |
| Contents | Introduction: Why sport still matters for Hong Kong / Tobias Zuser and Lawrence Ka Ki Ho -- Elite sport development in Hong Kong after the handover / Wen Wu, Patrick Wing Chung Lau, and Jinming Zheng -- "Community sports without communities?": community sports development in neoliberal Hong Kong / Wai Man Tang -- Priority of sports policy in Hong Kong: discrepancy between government objectives and public discourse / Chun Wing Lee -- Women's attitudes to race in Hong Kong skateboarding / Paul O'Connor and Clara Yee Ling Fok -- Imagining Hong Kongness : the case of naturalized footballers / Andy Chiu -- Rugby sevens, globalization, and cosmopolitan nationalism : Hong Kong's surprising role in rugby's rise to Olympic sport / Joseph Bosco -- The making of a sporting field : football policy and development in Hong Kong / Tobias Zuser. |
| Abstract | "This edited volume fills a gap in this understudied niche by offering an inter-disciplinary inquiry that acknowledges the depth and width for sport as a global force that shapes local culture, identity, and politics. As such this publication accommodates perspectives across sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, policy studies, and history to offer both a rich and complementary account of sporting culture in Hong Kong's socio-historical context. In the past, Orientalist myths told through movies and advertisements have produced an idealized image of Hong Kong as a city of hybridity, a place where "East meets West", with a futurist skyline that has inspired countless steampunk and sci-fi novels. However, the last few years have significantly changed the global perception of this Asian metropolis amidst the formation of a new geopolitical frontier. This volume is not so much a documentation of a peculiar sports system, but a timely discussion and analysis of Hong Kong as a postcolonial place in crisis mode"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023024586 |
| ISBN | 9781433185373 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |