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Physical activity, sport and transnational migrant spaces in Shanghai, China: (Re)crafting contours of a metropolitan cityscape

Mengwei Tu Orcid Logo, Geoffery Zain Kohe Orcid Logo, Daniel Nehring Orcid Logo

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 313 - 331

Swansea University Authors: Mengwei Tu Orcid Logo, Daniel Nehring Orcid Logo

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This study examines associations between sport/physical activity space, community formation and social life among Shanghai’s highly skilled migrant demographic. There is limited illustration of the roles sport and physical exercise provision and spaces play in this migrant cohort’s lives, community...

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ISSN: 1012-6902 1461-7218
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