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Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics

By Grant Jarvie

Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics Social Sciences

Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics

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The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing but many human rights activists support a boycott. They liken the circumstances to previous governments that used the games to glorify their regimes - most notoriously the Nazis in 1936. What has led to this perception and is it fair? Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics is a cultural history of sport in China and challenges many such ingrained Western assumptions. The authors unpick the relationship of sport to imperialism and revolution, and examine its significance in both China and Taiwan at governmental and everyday levels. In the process, they successfully debunk harmful myths, such as the prevalence of drugs in Chinese sport among women athletes, and present a balanced view that is a much-needed corrective to popular understanding.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2008-06-10
Publication Date:
2008-04-01
Publisher:
Berg 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1845201000
ISBN13:
9781845201005
Weight:
435 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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