Christianity, Physical Education and Sport in China

ISBN-13: 9781138628212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 152 str.

Huijie Zhang; Fan Hong; Fuhua Huang

Opis

Modern physical education and sport in China are not products of indigenous Chinese culture. Traditional Chinese culture linked strenuous physical activities to low class and status. Modern PE and sport were introduced to China by Western Christian missionaries and directors of the Young Men's Christian Association, and grew from a tool for Christian evangelism to an important tool for Chinese nation-building. This book examines this process of transformation of Chinese attitudes toward PE and sport, using the concepts of cultural imperialism and nationalism as a lens to understand how a Western cultural import became a modernization tool for the Chinese state.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Christianity and Modern Sport: a Cross-cultural Context  2. Christian Missions and the Emergence of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1840–1908)  3. Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Physical Education and Sport in China (1908–1919)  4. Rising Nationalism and the Diminishing Role of the Christian Institutions in Chinese National Physical Education and Sport (1919–1928)  5. Nationalism and the Indigenization and Modernization of Physical Education and Sport in China (1928–1937)  6. Missionary Schools, the YMCA and the Modernization of Chinese Sport: Cultural Imperialism and Nationalism