Chinese subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics /

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Author / Creator:	Chong, Gladys Pak Lei, 1977- author.
Imprint:	London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd, [2017]
Description:	xii, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical perspectives on theory, culture and politics Critical perspectives on theory, culture and politics.
Subject:	Olympic Games -- (29th : -- 2008 : -- Beijing, China) Olympic Games. Power (Social sciences) -- China. Sports -- China -- Sociological aspects. Politics and culture -- China. Politics and culture. Power (Social sciences) Sports -- Sociological aspects. China.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11053238

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ISBN:	9781783489879 1783489871 9781783489886 178348988X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Online version: Chong, Gladys Pak Lei, 1977- author. Chinese subjectivities and the Beijing olympics. London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2017] 9781783489893

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
A Note on Translation and Romanization
1. The Productive Aspect of Power: The Art of Making an Active Chinese Subject
2. Embodying the Nation: The Production of Gendered Chinese Subjects
3. Young Chinese Subjects: The Making of New Model Citizens
4. From Driving in the City to Driving the City: Moulding Taxi Drivers into Presentable Urban Subjects
5. Place-making and Chinese Subjects: Temporizing Space and Time
6. The Re-Sinification of Hong Kong Chinese Subjects: Media as "End and Instrument of Government"
7. Foucault and China: Governmentality and the Subjectification of Chinese Subjects
Index
About the Author

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