A 'Kid's Game

Little League Baseball and National Identity in Taiwan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2348864
AutoresJoseph Timothy Sundeen (University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume25
Fascículo3
Páginas251-265
Data de publicação2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723501253003
OpenAlexW1975645877
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas10

The author examines the role of little league baseball in the construction of a Taiwanese national identity. Taiwan has typically dominated international youth baseball, winning 18 Little League Baseball World Series championships before permanently pulling out of the competition in 1996. The author traces the history of Taiwan's involvement with the sport, arguing that little league baseball, initially promoted to support a 'nationalist' Taiwanese identity based on reunification with the People's Republic of China (PRC), ironically reinforced a new Taiwanese identity based on distinction from and incompatibility with the PRC. The author suggests that in turn, this emerging identity, coupled with the introduction of professional baseball, has helped diminish the status of the sport in Taiwan

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