Media, Sport, Nationalism : East Asia : Soft Power Projection via the Modern Olympic Games, Essays in Honour of Professor J.A. Mangan's Contributions to East Asian Studies / Tianwei Ren, Keiko Ikeda, and Chang Wan Woo (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ren, Tianwei, editor.

Ikeda, Keiko, editor.

Woo, Chang Wan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olympics.

Nationalism--East Asia.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Logos Verlag, [2019]

Summary:

Long description: East Asia is increasingly prominent within global sport. In the short period between 2018 and 2022 it will have held two Winter and one Summer Olympics, and the Rugby World Cup for good measure. This is not a sudden development. It has been in train for some time, although many scholars, especially in Europe and North America, have been focussed primarily on sport in their own countries and regions. J.A. Mangan, who for decades has been looking closely at sport in East Asia while encouraging others to do likewise, has made a major contribution to knowledge and understanding of a once under-appreciated subject. This excellent collection in his honour analyses the key interwoven elements of sport, media and nation in China, Japan and South Korea. It demonstrates how the structure and practice of sport connects in myriad ways with its representation, not least with regard to national narratives, international rivalries and transnational trends. It is a book that does signal justice both to East Asian Studies and to the academic who recognised the importance of sport to that field, and who has done so much to ensure that the region is centrally placed within any contemporary analysis of the world of sport. David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Professor Mangan is the master dissector of the connections between sport and politics, geopolitics and nationalism across multiple Asian contexts. A collection of essays in honour of his long service to academic understandings of these fields is well deserved, and the editors and contributors to this volume have served up a worthy tribute. Showcasing new work by a stellar cast of China, Japan and Korea experts, in combination the papers collected here yield valuable insights into the issues of nation building, identity, media representation and sport which have been the subject of Professor Mangan's pioneering work over the past several decades. No one has done more to put East Asia on the map in terms of academic research on the manifold socio-political dimensions of sport, and this superbly constructed volume orchestrated by rising Tianwei Ren confirms that we neglect this fascinating, complex region at our peril. Jonathan Sullivan, Director of China Policy Institute and China Soccer Observatory, Associate Professor, School of Politics and IR. University of Nottingham

Contents:

Intro

PREAMBLE

National Ambitions, Regional Geopolitics, Soft Power Impacts (William W. Kelly)

PROLOGUE

New East Asia: New Media Images, New Nationalisms (Tianwei Ren)

CHINA

1. The Nationalist Construction of Chinese Olympians: Media, Change, Reform (Richard Xiaoqian Hu and Junjian Liang)

2. A Special Salience: Media, Iconography, Nationalism: Modern Chinese Olympic Games and Heroes as Soft Power 'Projectiles' (Tianwei Ren)

3. National Renaissance, International Assertion, New Global Image: China and the Modern Olympic Games: Media Opportunities for the Projection of a Forceful Nationalism (Ying Jiang)

JAPAN

4. Democracy through the Lens of Sports Journalism: Japan and the East Asian Olympic Games (Keiko Ikeda)

5. Media Representation Transformed: from Unconditional Affirmation to Critical Consideration: The Tokyo Olympics 1964 and 2020 (Christian Tagsold)

6. Continuity or Change: After the Tokyo Olympic Games 1964: Exploring the Tokyo Games 2020 through various Critical Reviews (Tyrel Eskelson)

SOUTH KOREA

7. Is It the Same Olympic Games? Comparison between 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and 2018 PyeongChangWinter Olympic Games (Chang Wan Woo and Mikyung Bae)

8. Korea's Democratic Movement and the Seoul Olympic Games: Nationalism or Olympic Movement (Mikyung Bae and Chang Wan Woo)

9. Seoul 1988: Making of a Nation-the Media and a Mega-Event (Kyoungho Park and Gwang Ok)

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

10. Programming China's Image through the Beijing Olympics: A Comparison of Chinese and Taiwanese Television Broadcasts of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony (Florian Schneider)

11. Soft Power Projection via the Olympic Games: Sport as Geopolitical Diplomacy (Paul Michael Brannagan and Jonathan Grix).

12. The Beijing Olympics: Retrospective Reflection on the Impact of the Global Media (Susan Brownell)

EPILOGUE

Media, Soft Power, Olympic Images: Eastern Renaissance (Tianwei Ren)

CODA

A Tribute in Honour of Professor J.A.Mangan's Contribution to East Asian Studies (Tianwei Ren).

Notes:

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PublicationDate: 20190301

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ISBN:

9783832588984

3832588981

OCLC:

1110487343