Mega-events and regional identities: the 2010 Asian Games language controversy
| Autor: | Zhonghua Gu, Yuan Hu, Bart Wissink |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Asian games
Public Administration Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Media studies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Mega Social justice Political science China 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Policy & Politics. 48:619-636 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8442 0305-5736 |
| Popis: | This article argues that mega-events can become important sites for the contestation of a variety of justice claims, including recognition for regional identities. The existing literature explores the potential of mega-events to achieve redistribution but their impact on identity claims is under-researched. Our analysis of the Cantonese language controversy in the run-up to the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games fills this gap by employing a discourse-historical approach. It demonstrates that a range of discursive strategies relating to the Cantonese language played a crucial role in the articulation of a Cantonese regional identity and were, in turn, countered through discursive strategies employed by local government, which argued that Cantonese and Chinese identities are not mutually exclusive. We conclude that scholars need to pay more attention to mega-events that are staged in non-Western countries outside core cities, as well as to the role that they can play in attempts to promote the recognition of regional identities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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