Overview

This edited volume fills a gap in this understudied niche of sport in Hong Kong by offering an interdisciplinary inquiry that acknowledges sport as a global force that shapes local culture, identity, and politics. As such this publication accommodates perspectives across sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, policy studies, and history to offer both a rich and complementary account of sporting culture in Hong Kong’s socio-historical context. In the past, Orientalist myths told through movies and advertisements have produced an idealized image of Hong Kong as a city of hybridity, a place where ""East meets West,"" with a futurist skyline that has inspired countless steampunk and sci-fi novels. However, the last few years have significantly changed the global perception of this Asian metropolis amidst the formation of a new geopolitical frontier. This volume is not so much a documentation of a peculiar sports system, but a timely discussion and analysis of Hong Kong as a postcolonial place in crisis mode.

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Author:   J.A. Mangan ,  Tobias Zuser ,  Lawrence Ho
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   5
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9781433185373

ISBN 10:   1433185377
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   18 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Figures – Tables – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Tobias Zuser and Lawrence Ka- ki Ho: Introduction – Wen Wu, Patrick W. C. Lau, and Jinming Zheng: Elite Sports Development in Hong Kong after the Handover – Wai- Man Tang: “Community Sports without Communities?” – Chun Wing Lee: Priority of Sports Policy in Hong Kong – Paul O’Connor and Clara Yee Ling Fok: Women’s Attitudes to Race in Hong Kong Skateboarding – Andy Chiu: Imagining Hong Kongness: The Case of Naturalized Footballers –Joseph Bosco: Rugby Sevens, Globalization, and Cosmopolitan Nationalism – Tobias Zuser: The Making of a Sporting Field – Tobias Zuser and Lawrence Ka- Ki Ho: Conclusion – Notes on Contributors.

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Dr. TOBIAS ZUSER is currently a Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University. His research on sporting culture in China and Hong Kong has been widely published, discussing issues of nationalism, identity, globalization, and policy. Dr. LAWRENCE KA-KI HO is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include history and sociology of colonial and decolonized policing, public order management, and sports sociology.

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