Subaltern Sports : Politics and Sport in South Asia
James H. Mills
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : Anthem , 2005
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (252 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Matter; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors to this Volume; Main Body; Introduction, by James H. Mills; Sports and Subalternity; Sports in South Asia; Subaltern Sports; Chapter 1. 'Kalarippayattu is Eighty Percent Mental and Only the Remainder is Physical': Power, Agency and Self in a South Asian Martial Art, by Philip Zarrilli; Introduction; History and Kalarippayattu Tradition; Power and Agency in Classical Contests; The Kalarippayattu System in the Ethnographic Present; The Actualization of Power (sakti). - Conclusion. - The Colonial and Postcolonial GameThe Modern Game; Shandur: the Post-Modern Game?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Chapter 4. 'The Moral that can be Safely Drwan from the Hindus' Magnificent Victory': Cricket, Caste and the Palwankar Brothers, by Ramachandra Guha; Introduction; Palwankar Baloo; Cricket, Caste and Colonialism in Bombay; Education, England, the Carnival and Captaincy; From Player to Politician; Conclusion; Chapter 5. The Peasants are Revolting: Race, Culture and Ownership in Cricket, by Satadru Sen; Introduction: Centres and Subjects; Contesting the Postcolonial Centre. - The Fruits of Practice: Kalarippayattu and the Ayurvedic ParadigmConclusion: Bodily Practice, Morality and Crafting the 'Self'; Acknowledgements; Chapter 2. Empowering Yourself: Sport, Sexuality and Autoeroticism in North Indian 'Jori' Swinging, by Joseph S. Alter; The Gymnasium, Jori-Clubs, Sexuality and Culture; Jori-Swinging in India; The Choti Gaivi 'dangal'; Jori-Swinging as Intersexual Autoerotics; Chapter 3. Indigenous Polo in Northern Pakistan: Game and Power on the Periphery, by Peter Parkes; Introduction; The Game of Kings, and of Colonial Officers; The Traditional Game. - The Ritualization of SpectacleAthletics, Audiences and Contests; Fallout from the Games; Conclusion: Performing the Urban, Contructing an Armature; Acknowledgements; Chapter 8. 'Nupilal': Women's War, Football and the History of Modern Manipur, by James H. Mills; Introduction; Women and Power in Manipur; History and Sport in Manipur; Ethnicity and Identity; Conclusion; Chapter 9. 'Playing for the Tibetan People': Football and History in the High Himalayas; Football, the State and the Stateless in the Modern High Himalayas; Football and History in Tibet; Football and Modenity in Bhutan. - The Tensions of TransferConclusion; Chapter 6. The Social History of the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, 1829-2003, by Paul Dimeo; Introduction; Early Days: 1829-1911; Consolidation: 1912-1946; Postcolonial Legacies; Conclusion; Chapter 7. Warrior Goddess Versus Bipedal Cow: Sport, Space, Performance and Planning in an Indian City, by James Heitzman and Smriti Srinivas; Introduction: Of Cities and Spectacles; The Emergence of the Tripartite Urban Complex; The Goddess and her Wrestler-Sons; The National Games and the Re-definition of the Metropolis; The 'Scam of the Century'. - A unique volume about the relationship between politics and sport in South Asia.
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| ISBN | 1843311674. - 1843311682
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