Sport in South Asian Society

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of articles offers a history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Boria Majumdar, J.A. (Ed) Mangan
• Assisted by: Boria Majumdar (Editor), Majumdar Boria (Editor), J A Mangan (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2004
• EAN: 9780415359535
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35953-5
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 225 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Asia, Sports & outdoor recreation, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Regional Geography, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, HISTORY / Asia / South / General