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Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia

Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2018, VOL. 30, NO. 2, 243–272 BOOK REVIEWS Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia, by Stefan Huebner, Singapore, NUS Press, 2016, xiv, 277 pp. + endmatter, ISBN 978-981-4722-03-2 pb, https://nuspress. nus.edu.sg/products/pan-asian-sport-and-the-emergence-of-modern-asia-1913-1974 In a nutshell, this study is a history of ideas about the nation and the meaning of ‘Asia’ in the twentieth century based on sports events. Its main question is this: Why and how did the early Asian Games and their predecessors turn into sites of contestation of the nation and of visions of a modern Asia. (10) There are monographs on sports in a single country (Guttmann & Thompson, 2001; Manzenreiter, 2014); a single sport in a single country (Havens, 2015); and a single sport in two different countries (Guthrie-Shimizu, 2012). This book is about sports in a multi-country region: Asia. Stefan Huebner explores two sporting events – the Far Eastern Championship Games (FECG) and the Asian Games – and their relationship to the development of the concept of Asia in the twentieth century. In this review, I can only touch on a few of the many insights derived from the abundant details and perceptive analysis provided in this original study. Huebner points http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan Taylor & Francis

Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia

Thompson, Lee
Contemporary Japan , Volume 30 (2): 5 – Jul 3, 2018
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Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia

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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2018, VOL. 30, NO. 2, 243–272 BOOK REVIEWS Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia, by Stefan Huebner, Singapore, NUS Press, 2016, xiv, 277 pp. + endmatter, ISBN 978-981-4722-03-2 pb, https://nuspress. nus.edu.sg/products/pan-asian-sport-and-the-emergence-of-modern-asia-1913-1974 In a nutshell, this study is a history of ideas about the nation and the meaning of ‘Asia’ in the twentieth century based on sports events. Its main question is this:...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2018 Lee Thompson
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1869-2737
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1869-2729
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10.1080/18692729.2018.1443744
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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 2018, VOL. 30, NO. 2, 243–272 BOOK REVIEWS Pan-Asian sports and the emergence of modern Asia, by Stefan Huebner, Singapore, NUS Press, 2016, xiv, 277 pp. + endmatter, ISBN 978-981-4722-03-2 pb, https://nuspress. nus.edu.sg/products/pan-asian-sport-and-the-emergence-of-modern-asia-1913-1974 In a nutshell, this study is a history of ideas about the nation and the meaning of ‘Asia’ in the twentieth century based on sports events. Its main question is this: Why and how did the early Asian Games and their predecessors turn into sites of contestation of the nation and of visions of a modern Asia. (10) There are monographs on sports in a single country (Guttmann & Thompson, 2001; Manzenreiter, 2014); a single sport in a single country (Havens, 2015); and a single sport in two different countries (Guthrie-Shimizu, 2012). This book is about sports in a multi-country region: Asia. Stefan Huebner explores two sporting events – the Far Eastern Championship Games (FECG) and the Asian Games – and their relationship to the development of the concept of Asia in the twentieth century. In this review, I can only touch on a few of the many insights derived from the abundant details and perceptive analysis provided in this original study. Huebner points

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