Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World

Informationen zum Autor John J MacAloon is Professor and Deputy Dean of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. He is author of the classic! The Great Symbol: Pierre De Coubertin and the origins of the modern Olympic Games. Zusammenfassung This book explores the impact Muscular Christianity’s ethos has had on an English-speaking modern civil society. The papers include fascinating global case materials in a joint effort to outline a truly international, post-colonial sport history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction: Muscular Christianity after 150 Years 2. The Social Gospel and the Persistence of Muscular Christianity in Canada 3. Tom Brown in Pre- and Post-Colonial Japan: The Growth of a Hybrid 4. Yoga at the Fin-de-Siècle: Muscular Christianity with a Hindu Twist 5. Christ and the Imperial Playing Fields: Thomas Hughes's Ideological Heirs in Empire 6. Tom Brown Goes Global: The "Brown Ethic" and Colonial and Post-Colonial India 7. From Trobriand Cricket to Rugby Nation: The Mission of Sport in Papua! New Guinea 8. Baseball and Decolonizaion: The Caribbean! 1945-75 9. From Martial Arts to Adventure Training: The Strenuous Ethic in China's New Corporate Culture 10. Dilemmas of Preserving the Muscular Christian Heritage in Rugby! Tennessee: An Interview with Barbara Stagg 11. Meanwhile in Britain: Muscular Christianity and the Crisis of "Englishness." 12. High Hopes and Hard Times: Modelling Society in Adventure based Education 13. Outward Bound and Inward Turn-Gender and the Muscular Christian Tradition

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John J. Macaloon
• Collaboration: John J. Macaloon (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 23.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415390743
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39074-3
• Pages: 216
• Thème: Sport in the Global Society
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Sport; Sociology, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Society & culture: general, Colonialism & imperialism, Sports & outdoor recreation, Colonialism and imperialism, Society and culture: general, Sports and Active outdoor recreation