Athletic naturalisation, nationality and nationalism - Naturalised players in Hong Kong's representative (national) football team
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2378638 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheung Ching Yung (0000-0002-1235-8152, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, corresponding author), Annie Hau Nung Chan (0000-0002-1135-9903, Lingnan University, Hong Kong), David R Phillips (0000-0002-0998-5403, Lingnan University, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 859-876 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1012690220964770 |
| OpenAlex | W3094614555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 20 |
The increasing transnational mobility of athletes is accompanied by the growing presence of naturalised athletes in national teams, raising questions about the implications for nationalism and national identity in sports. Hong Kong offers a unique context to examine these issues as a Special Administrative Region of China which has its own representative ('national') team despite its non-sovereign status. Using in-depth interviews with 24 informants (fans, players, coaches, etc.), this paper examines how naturalised players from overseas and Mainland China are perceived by stakeholders of Hong Kong football. We found that informants articulated an 'instrumental-plus' discourse about these players, and a 'civic-plus' conception of nationality. Implications for sport and nationalism in the Hong Kong-China context and beyond are discussed
Athletes · China · Citizenship · Football · Geography · Immigration · League · Mainland China · National identity · Nationalism · Nationality · Naturalisation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Sovereignty · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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A Tragic Hero in a Borrowed Jersey
Nationalism or cosmopolitanism? How Chinese football fans viewed the Japanese team and Japanese fans during the 2022 Men’s World Cup
Can they represent the nation? Nationalism, national identity, and naturalized athletes in Chinese football
Media representations of naturalized athletes
Naturalised athletes as national icons
Citizenship without identity? Instrumentalism, nationalism and naturalization in Chinese men's football
Play Fresh, Play Local
Sport Politics
Negotiating sporting nationalism
Indigenous’ or ‘All Stars’
Theory, culture and society
Nationality swapping in the Olympic field
Race and ethnicity
Sport, National Identity and Public Policy
Reimagining Sports
Flexible Citizenship
In Other Words
Elias and Bourdieu
Assessing the sociology of sport
Globalization, Naturalization and Identity
Towards a Global Culture
The athlete's body and the global condition
Race, ethnicity and German identity
Keeping silent
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |