Gebundenes Buch

Games We Play

Sports in South Asia

Herausgeber: Sen, Ronojoy; Goyal, Omita

Beschreibung

The book looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia and situates them in the region's history, society and economy. The activities covered span sports like cricket, which enjoys a religion-like status in South Asia, to more obscure ones such as boat racing in Kerala.

Autor

Ronojoy Sen is a Senior Research Fellow at ISAS & ARI, National University of Singapore. He has worked for several years at The Times of India, last serving as a senior assistant editor on the editorial page. He has wide-ranging interests from politics to books to sport. He is the author of the forthcoming Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Penguin) and Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism and the Indian Supreme Court (OUP) Omita Goyal is presently Chief Editor of the IIC Quarterly, the Journal of the India International Centre. She started her career in the voluntary sector with the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Shortly thereafter she moved into academic publishing where she has spent over 27 years. She worked at SAGE Publications India Pvt Limited for 20 years, leaving as General Manager. Omita took time off to work as a freelance editor for SAGE and other institutions such as The World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, Voluntary Health Association of India, Centre for Women's Development Studies, WHO, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and TERI.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 151mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9780190126810
• ISBN-10: 0190126817
• Artikelnr.: 60142289