Full Description
Despite its wide reception and productive applications in various regions across the world, the Sociology of Sport has only recently begun to gain scholarly attention in the field of Southeast Asian Studies. Recognizing that the role of sport in the region merits thorough and comprehensive analysis, the studies in this volume shed light on the socio-cultural dynamics within Southeast Asia's sporting sphere.
Demonstrating how Southeast Asian sporting games, during both the precolonial and (early) modern-state eras, have played a key role in broader social processes and social change, and how, in turn, they themselves have transformed in content and meaning, the chapters in this collection reveal how people construct their group, national, economic, and social identities to negotiate with each other in sporting settings across the region and the world during each epoch. This volume covers the long-term development of sport in Southeast Asia, affirming the importance of sport in every era. It opens with discussions of the colonial and early modern eras, before guiding readers through the landscape of sport in postcolonial and Cold War settings. Additionally, the volume highlights several vital contemporary issues in sport, including lucrative international sporting events, the participation of refugees in sports, and sports policy.
Addressing the plethora of aspects of sporting cultures in Southeast Asia which remain relatively, or completely, unresearched by scholars, this volume offers research that is key to understanding the sporting culture of a vast, densely populated, globally significant, and sports-obsessed region.
Contents
Introduction to Sport and Cultural Transformation in Southeast Asia; Charn Panarut
Section 1. Sports and their Transformation during the Colonial Era
Chapter 1. Sport and Colonialism in the Philippines; Gerald R. Gems
Chapter 2. Kite-Fighting in Siam at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Social Time and Self-Control; Charn Panarut and Preedee Hongsaton
Section 2. Sports Events: Nation, Region, and Beyond
Chapter 3. Indonesia's Sports Diplomacy Shift from GANEFO to the SEA Games; Friederike Trotier
Chapter 4. Sporting Singapore: The Rise of Singapore as a Sporting Destination; Donna Wong
Chapter 5. Effect of Regional Sports Events on National Pride and Physical Activity Participation: A Case Study of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games; Ho Keat Leng, Tzu-Yin Kuo, and Josephine Tay
Section 3. Sports, Empowerment, and Development
Chapter 6. Exploring Refugee-Led Sport Events with Asset-Based Community Development; Yong-Yee Chong and Selina Khoo
Chapter 7. Sustainable Indonesian and ASEAN Sports Policy and Development; Amung Ma'mun
Conclusion; Charn Panarut
