The Evolution of the Study of American Sport Anthropology and Its Enlightenments to the Study of Chinese Sport Anthropology

This study mainly reviewed the historical evolution of the study of American sport anthropology, focusing on the new trends, and the plights in the study of American sport anthropology in the past over 20 years and its enlightenments to the study of Chinese sport anthropology.This study has shown that the study of American sport anthropology can be divided into the period of unilinear modernization study paradigm which is from the end of 19 century to the end of 1980 sand the period of post-modernization study paradigm which is from the early of 1990 still now.The study of American sport anthropology has been showing some new trends in the aspects of theoretical paradigm, research objects, research topics, research perspectives, research methods and so on;and it is also facing some plights in the aspects of the disciplinary system, the research team, the theoretical paradigm and the ethnographic versions and so on in the period of post-modernization study paradigm.Finally, this study discussed the enlightenments of American sport anthropology on Chinese sport anthropology in the aspects of research objects, research methods, establishing academic organization and research team;theoretical paradigm;research perspectives, application research and so on.