Sport and Nationalism in Asia

<p>Written by a team of international scholars <i>Sport and Nationalism in Asia - Power Politics and Identity</i> 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.</p><p></p><p>This book was published as a special issue of the <em>International Journal of the History of Sport</em>.</p>