Softpower, soccer, supremacy : the Chinese dream /


edited by J. A. Mangan, Peter Horton, Christian Tagsold.
Bok Engelsk 2020 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Horton, Peter, (editor.)
Utgitt
Peter Lang
Omfang
1 online resource (428 pages)
Opplysninger
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Xi's Chinese Dream: "Rice and Pitches" ( 米 和 球 场 )-Imperial Strategy (J.A. Mangan) -- Part 1: Chinese Perspectives -- 1. China, Politics and Soccer: The Era of the Cultural Revolution-The Immediate and Eventual Consequences for "The Chinese Dream" (Li Jinning / Keiko Ikeda) -- 2. Chinese Sports Diplomacy: Intentions, Innovations, and Impediments-The Background to the BRI and BRICS Initiatives (Jiahao Hu) -- 3. Building a Successful Superhighway: Soccer Revolution and the Realization of the Chinese Dream-An Overview (Tobias Zuser) -- 4. Dreams: The Pursuit of Consensus and the Display of National Power-Chinese Soccer Softpower Narratives (Emma Lupano) -- 5. Positive Projection: Soccer and Xi's Softpower Strategy-Branding, Intention, Ambition, and Assertion (Leah (Xiufang) Li) -- 6. "The Chinese Dream": Neglected Dimension-Who Is Chinese? Multi-Ethnic Soccer Representation (Tobias Zuser / Lawrence Ka-ki Ho) -- 7. Crossing the Penalty Area? The Dynamics of Chinese/Taiwanese Football (Tzu-hsuan Chen and Alan Bairner) -- 8. Dreams, Desires, and Destiny: Football and Fantasies in China (John Connell) -- Part 2: Korean Perspectives -- 9. Failed Diplomatic Tool: Soccer-An Evolving Soft Power Relationship between China and Korea (Jong-sung Lee) -- 10. From Chinese Neurosis to South Korean Nightmare: Soccer as a Shifting Barometer of National Self-Confidence (Kyoungho Park / Gwang Ok) -- 11. Sport as a Nation Branding Tool in Divided Korea: Soccer, Status, and Softpower (Udo Merkel) -- Part 3: Japanese Perspectives -- 12. Japan and China: Overview-Leagues and Clubs (Christian Tagsold / Sato Ryohei) -- 13. Meeting Xi's Ambitions with a Critical Eye: Japan's Reaction to China's Football Dreams-A "Further Caveat" (Christian Tagsold).. - 14. "The Guiding Light for the Sport in Japan!"-Middlesex Wanderers and the Development of Football in Japan, 1967-2017: Regional Domination? An Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Supremacy to be Respected and Retained? (Colm Hickey) -- Part 4: Australian Perspectives -- 15. The China Question and Soccer in Australia (David Rowe, Keith Parry / Bonnie Pang) -- 16. Blinded by the Light! Hard Ball Disguised as Soccer: Interpreting China's Football Dream-An Australian's Reflection (Peter Horton) -- 17. Will Xi Jinping's China Soccer Dream Become Australia's Football Nightmare? (Steve Georgakis / Andy Harper) -- Epilogue -- Eastern Promise: Soccer: A Tilting Global Axis-From West to East: A Sanguine If Suspect Rotation? (J.A. Mangan) -- Contributors -- Index.. - Xi Jinping's "Soccer Revolution" is unique: the most extensive politicization and geo-politicization of the Global Game..
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