Games we play: sports in South Asia
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BookPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2018Description: xxv, 336 p.: ill. Includes referencesISBN: 9780190126810Subject(s): Sports | India | South Asia | CricketDDC classification: 796.0954 Summary: This book looks broadly at the evolution of sport and play in India and South Asia, those that enjoy mass popularity as well as those that are marginal, situating them in the region's history, society and economy. It is a valuable addition to the study of sports in South Asia, which remains underdeveloped, with a significant bias towards cricket. Avoiding personality-based narratives, focusing only on successful sportspersons, this volume looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia: from popular ones such as hockey, football, and badminton, to more local ones such as boat racing in Kerala.
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| Item type | Current library | Item location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | 796.0954 G2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 203510 |
Table of content
Introduction: The Landscape of Sport in South Asia
I DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET
1. The Mercurials: The Nature of Pakistani Cricket
2. Cricket in Bangladesh
3. The Journey of Indian Women's Cricket from the 1970s
4. Indian Premier League: The Great Indian Story
II NATIONALISM, COMMUNALISM, RACE, CLASS and gender
5. Innocence and Indian Cricket
6. Cricket in Abstemious Times
7. Sports, Radio and Memory: Looking Back at the 1970s
8. When Politics Ran Riot at Eden Gardens
9. 'Indians Make us Angry!': Australian Perceptions of Touring Indian Cricket Teams, 1947-2017
10. India's Sporting Frontier: Race, Integration and Discontent in the North-east
11. Reinforcing Difference: The History of Women's Involvement in Physical Activity in India
12. Focus Sport
III BEYOND CRICKET
13. The Decline of Hockey in Pakistan
14. A Story of Two Different Worlds: Indian Hockey's Glory Run and the Unending Struggle
15. The Future of Indian Football
16. Football in Post-Independence Bangladesh
17. India's Shuttle Story: Breaking through Barriers to Take Flight
18. A Well-kept Secret: The History of Rugby in Sri Lanka
IV ANCIENT PURSUITS AND MODERNITY
19. The Great Gama and his Legacy
20. Wrestling with the History of Yoga as Sport in Modern India
21. Bodybuilding in India: Bollywood Bodies and Middle-class Lifestyles
22. Racing on Water: A Short History of Vallam Kali in Kerala
V SPORTS ADMINISTRATION
23. Guru Dutt Sondhi: Indian IOC Member and Visionary of Asian Integration through Sport
24. See You in Court: The Legal Challenge Against India's Sports Bosses
VI SPORT IN FILM AND LITERATURE
25. Sport in Indian Film
26. 'I Won't Let You Down'
This book looks broadly at the evolution of sport and play in India and South Asia, those that enjoy mass popularity as well as those that are marginal, situating them in the region's history, society and economy. It is a valuable addition to the study of sports in South Asia, which remains underdeveloped, with a significant bias towards cricket. Avoiding personality-based narratives, focusing only on successful sportspersons, this volume looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia: from popular ones such as hockey, football, and badminton, to more local ones such as boat racing in Kerala.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/games-we-play-9780190126810?lang=en&cc=nz#
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