Sport in Taiwan history, culture, policy / edited by Alan Bairner, Tzu-hsuan Chen, and Ying Chiang.
| Other author | Bairner, Alan. |
| Other author | Chen, Tzu-hsuan, 1976- |
| Other author | Chiang, Ying, 1982- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2023] |
| Description | xxiv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 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 2 |
| Contents | Notes on contributors -- Prologue -- Taiwanese sports (Yundong): the hybridization of physical education, sports and Indigenous tradition / Chih-Chieh Tang -- Taiwanese national identity : baseball- changing constructions / Shih-Yuan Hsieh -- Taiwanese national identity : the international olympic committee-supportive or restrictive? / Susan Brownell -- Taiwan : from cultural diplomacy to cultural tourism- post-war Taiwanese folk sorts (1949-2018) / Hsien-Wei Kuo and Chin-Fang Kuo -- Taiwan : the Formosan Austronesian Indigenous games and identity construction and retention / Jérôme Soldani -- Taiwan : radicalized bodies: sports and the articulation of contemporary Asian physical inferiority / Daniel Yu-Kuei Sun -- Chapter 7. Taiwan: healthy and beautiful: the Taiwanese municipal sports centres and modern privilege and responsibility / Ying Chiang -- Taiwan: the media-sports complex : long term developments- innovations and challenges / Chang-de Liu -- Taiwanese fandom unleashed: major agent of sports reform / Tzu-Hsuan Chen -- Chapter 10. Taiwan: the evolution of national sports policy- significant political and economic changes / Ren-Shiang Jiang and Jui-Sung Huang -- Taiwan : professional baseball clubs: the macro and micro franchise management culture / Po-hsiu Lin and Hao Fan-Chiang -- Taiwan: sea-change: physical education and sport for the disabled / Cheng-Hao Huang -- Taiwan and China : face-off sports bids : unanswered questions- the geopolitics of East Asian sport / Marcus P. Chu -- Epilogue : Taiwan matters- Taiwanese challenges and issues / Alan Bairner and Zhuyuan Wu. |
| Abstract | "This is the first comprehensive study of sport in Taiwan to be published in English. It appears at a time when Taiwan has the attention of the global community to the greatest extent since the years following the creation of the People's Republic of China and the formation by the Chinese Nationalist Party of an alternative seat of government for the Republic of China in Taiwan's capital, Taipei. The story of Taiwan sport is one of athletic achievements and political machinations with this island's athletes allowed to compete in international sport only in the name of Chinese Taipei. The book offers insights into the development, political uses and current situation of Taiwan sport, the contribution made by the island's indigenous peoples, the significance of physical activity initiatives, relations between Taiwan and the PRC, sports fandom, the role of the sports media, and gender, exercise, and health. As is so often the case with other parts of the world, sport in Taiwan provides a lens through which we examine a range of political and social issues and thereby help readers to gain a better understanding of this interesting, vibrant, and politically sensitive island"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022028002 |
| ISBN | 9781433182884 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |