Cricket and Nationhood in the Twenty-First Century - Identity Projects in Uncertain Times

This book presents a historical understanding of contemporary society by examining beliefs, attitudes, and practices generated by cricket. It examines how cricket reflects twenty-first-century shifts in nationalism, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and authoritarianism, and explores how identities derived from the sport impact global identity politics.

A propos de l'auteur

Souvik Naha is Senior Lecturer in Imperial and Postcolonial History at the University of Glasgow. He has a PhD in History from ETH Zurich and held a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions fellowship at Durham University. His recently published book is Cricket, Public Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Calcutta.

Résumé

This book presents a historical understanding of contemporary society by examining beliefs, attitudes, and practices generated by cricket. It examines how cricket reflects twenty-first-century shifts in nationalism, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and authoritarianism, and explores how identities derived from the sport impact global identity politics.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Souvik (Senior Lecturer Naha
• Collaboration: Souvik Naha (Editeur), Souvik (Senior Lecturer Naha (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9780192889287
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288928-7
• Pages: 272
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Sport > Général, dictionnaires, manuels, annuaires, histoire; cricket, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Social and cultural history, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence