Heo Seong-ho: Olympic nationalism in colonial Korea

What did it mean to be a colonialist? This book is about 100 years ago, when South Korea was colonized by Japan. How did the Olympics, the biggest event in the world, and the nation's war against war, come to terms with the lost colonies? And what was the response of the colonial shipmen when they said the Olympics were held in the colonial states, or Tokyo, Japan? The 'Greatest Festival' Olympics are trying to illuminate the political aspects of how they can leave certain ethnic groups out. The history of the colonial landscape around the Olympics is still having a profound impact on Korean sports culture 100 years later.

Korean title: 식민지 조선의 올림픽 민족주의

Korean author: 허성호

Korean publisher: 동북아역사재단

ISBN-13: 9791171610570