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Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Newspaper/Magazine Articles |
Title: | Korea’s first unified Olympic team is an uneasy truce of diplomacy and sexism |
Author(s): | Reid, Irene A Hong, Hee Jung |
Issue Date: | 9-Feb-2018 |
Date Deposited: | 14-Feb-2018 |
Publisher: | The Conversation Trust |
Citation: | Reid IA & Hong HJ (2018) Korea’s first unified Olympic team is an uneasy truce of diplomacy and sexism. The Conversation. 09.02.2018. https://theconversation.com/koreas-first-unified-olympic-team-is-an-uneasy-truce-of-diplomacy-and-sexism-91126 |
Abstract: | First paragraph: TheXXIII Olympic Winter Gamesin PyeongChang provides a fascinating opportunity to consider the complex relationship between sport and national identity, especially as North and South Korea will be fielding a joint women’s ice hockey team. The last-minute teamdecisionwas announced on January 17 as part of theOlympic Korean Peninsula Declaration, and generated considerabledebate, especially among younger South Koreans who view the move to be North Korea hitching a ride on the coat-tails of their own team. |
Type: | Newspaper/Magazine Article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26707 |
URL: | https://theconversation.com/koreas-first-unified-olympic-team-is-an-uneasy-truce-of-diplomacy-and-sexism-91126 |
Rights: | The Conversation uses a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives licence. You can republish their articles for free, online or in print. Licence information is available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
Affiliation: | Sport Sport |
Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
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