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Sport and the Theatrics of Power in a Postcolonial State: The National Games of 1960s Laos

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dc.contributor.authorCreak, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T21:53:41Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:53:03Z
dc.description.abstractThe National Games of 1961 and 1964 transformed the theatrics of state power in postcolonial Laos. While using modern sporting spectacle to promote national unity and progress in a context of Cold War division, the games were also embedded in an existing
dc.identifier.issn1035-7823
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/38609
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceAsian Studies Review
dc.subjectKeywords: Laos; Modernity; Phoumi nosavan; Postcolonialism; Sport; Theatre state; Theory of spectacle
dc.titleSport and the Theatrics of Power in a Postcolonial State: The National Games of 1960s Laos
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage210
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage191
local.contributor.affiliationCreak, Simon, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidCreak, Simon, u4186425
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210302 - Asian History
local.identifier.absseo950502 - Understanding Asia's Past
local.identifier.ariespublicationu3332311xPUB164
local.identifier.citationvolume34
local.identifier.doi10.1080/10357821003802011
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79956180254
local.identifier.thomsonID000290310000005
local.type.statusPublished Version

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