Description
Book SynopsisThis 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
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.
