Full Description
This is the first book in English that adopts a critical socio-historical perspective to examine the important themes and challenges of Asian indigenous culture and sport. Written by leading sport historians and scholars, the chapters in the book contain real-life case studies and comparative studies in Asian sport.
The book examines the history, contemporary governance and management, gender, and ethnic issues embedded in folk sports and physical culture, and the challenges faced by Asian indigenous sports and their evolution. Based on cutting-edge research from China, Japan, Korea, Israel and beyond, this book will be a valuable addition to any course in sport history, sport culture, sport development and sport sociology. It will stimulate those who are seeking ways to promote and develop indigenous sports, from intangible cultural heritage protection to global sport partnership. It will also be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners, who wish to understand the changing face of Asian society and Asian indigenous sport.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Contents
Introduction: Indigenous Sports in Asia: Tradition and Modernity 1. Conquering the World: The 'Martial' Power of Japan Goes Global 2. The Japanese and Korean Martial Arts: In Search of a Philosophical Framework Compatible to History 3. The Heritagization and Institutionalization of Taekkyeon: An Intangible Cultural Heritage 4. Comparative Research on the Modernization of Chinese and Japanese National Traditional Sports from a Culturology Perspective 5. Body · Experience · Imagination: The Collective Memory of Chinese Martial Arts 6. From Exclusion to Inclusion: Changes in Women's Roles in Folk Sports and Indigenous Physical Culture in China 7. History and Singularity of Krav-Maga 8. Taekwondo and Peace: How a Killing Art Became a Soft Diplomacy Vehicle for Peace
