Sport in South Asian Society

Past and Present
Herausgeber: Majumdar, Boria; Mangan, J A

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Produktbeschreibung

Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of articles offers a clear, original and highly readable history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415568272
• ISBN-10: 0415568277
• Artikelnr.: 27388133

Autorenporträt

Boria Majumdar is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study at La Trobe University, Australia. He is also Deputy Executive Academic Editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport, Executive Academic Editor of Sport in Society and Co-Editor of the Sport in the Global Society series. Professor J.A. Mangan is former Director of the International Research Centre for Sport, Socialisation and Society at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was founding Chairman of the British Society of Sports History and founding editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. He is author of the acclaimed Athleticism and the Victorian and Edwardian Public School and has written and lectured extensively on sport, culture and society.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Raj and Post Raj Identities: Sport and South Asia Part 2. Narrative
Histories: Sport in Colonial and Post Colonial South Asia Part 3. Marginal
Voices: Women's Sport in Colonial and Post Colonial South Asia Part 4.
Lagaan - Undertones and Overtones: South Asian Sport, Culture, Society Part
5. Cementing Ties: Sport in South Asian Diplomacy Part 6. Cross Cutting
Identities: Sport and the South Asian Diaspora