Women, Sport and Society in Modern China : Holding up More than Half the Sky

Women, Sport and Society in Modern China : Holding up More than Half the Sky - Sport in the Global Society

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Drawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author explores the rise of Chinese super sportswomen and their relationship with politics, culture and society before and during the Cultural Revolution and through China's transition to a market economy.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780714652351
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.4830951
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 360
Weight: 700g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm