Boria Majumdar / J. A. Mangan (eds.)

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: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 705g
• ISBN-13: 9780415359535
• ISBN-10: 0415359538
• Artikelnr.: 22210218

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.
Dipesh Chakrabarty, Boria Majumdar De Montfort University, Bedford Projit Mukharji University of London Kausik Bandyopadhyay North Bengal University J. A. Mangan De Montfort University, Bedford Shamya Dasgupta Indian Express Suvam Pal Sahara Time Soma Basu Asiatic Society, Calcutta Sudeshna Banerjee Jadavpur University, India Suparna Bhattacharyya Loreto College, Calcutta Sharmistha Gooptu University of Chicago Chandrima Chakraborty York University, Toronto Jishnu Dasgupta University of Calcutta Jayanta Sengupta Jadavpur University, India Kingshuk Chatterjee Scottish Church College, Calcutta Grant Upson University of Chicago Christina Davis University of Michigan Michael Roberts University of Adelaide
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Formerly at the University of Strathclyde, UK

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