Description: Chinese Women - Striving for Status : Sport As Empowerment, Hardcover by Jinxia, Dong; Mangan, J. A., ISBN 1433185814, ISBN-13 9781433185816, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "STRIVING FOR STATUS is original in focus and in evidence. It analyses for the first time in informed and substantial detail, the extraordinary, successful and impressive efforts of Chinese sportswomen in their collective striving for, and achieving of, national and international recognition, status and supremacy. The performances and achievements of these women have thrust them to the very center of the global spotlight. Among the most dramatic, recent developments in Chinese society has been the international ascendancy of these Chinese sportswomen: an intentional and impressive demonstration of soft power politics. In the late twentieth century Deng Xiaoping urged the Chinese policymakers to construct a model of 'comprehensive national power'- Chinesesportswomen are in the vanguard of this construction! More than this, in the process they have achieved elevated social status, and in some cases considerable wealth! STRIVING FOR STATUS is unique in recording their astounding achievements"--
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Book Title: Chinese Women - Striving for Status : Sport As Empowerment
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Chinese Women Striving for Status : Sport As Empowerment
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Subject: Sociology / General, General, Women's Studies
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.9 in
Features: New Edition
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Author: J. A. Mangan, Dong Jinxia
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Sport in East and Southeast Asian Societies Ser.: Geopolitical, Political, Cultural and Social Perspectives
Format: Hardcover
