The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics : Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic Movement

ISBN-13: 9780415495615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 198 str.

Collins Sandra

Opis

Exploring the relationship between modern Asia and the Olympic Games, this original work focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics to reveal the complex and fascinating encounter between Japan and the world in the 1930s.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: 1940 Tokyo and Asian Olympics in the Olympic Movement  2. The 1940 Olympics: Imperial Commemoration and Diplomacy  3. East and West: Confrontational Diplomacy  4. The Event, Japanese Style  5. The Spectacle of Olympic Tokyo and Imperial Japan  6. The Rise of Japanese Militarism  7. Conclusion: The Spectre of 1940 in Later Asian Olympics

O autorze

Sandra Collins received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Her current academic interests are gender, sport and national identity in Japan and the United States. She is now working on a study of the myths of national sport and the failure of professional soccer in the United States. She is an authority on Japanese culture and society.