ABSTRACT
Written by a team of 74 international scholars, The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the history and development of sport in countries across East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. It aims to open different perspectives on Asian sport and addresses a wide range of issues central to the development of sport in the context of Asian culture, politics, economy and society. The book explores a diverse set of topics, including the history of traditional sport; the rise of modern sport in Asia; the Olympic Movement in Asia; mega sport events in Asia; sport governance and policy; gender, class and ethnicity in Asian sport; and Asia’s sporting heroes and heroines. It offers a distinctive contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Asian sport and tells the story of how sport in this mega-region is coming together and reshaping the world in the process. It also provides readers with a wide lens through which to better contextualise what has happened and what is still going on between Asia and the world within the global sport community.
