Games We Play
Sports in South Asia
Herausgeber: Sen, Ronojoy; Goyal, Omita
Games We Play
Sports in South Asia
Herausgeber: Sen, Ronojoy; Goyal, Omita
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The book looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia and situates them in the region's history, society and economy. The activities covered span sports like cricket, which enjoys a religion-like status in South Asia, to more obscure ones such as boat racing in Kerala.
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The book looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia and situates them in the region's history, society and economy. The activities covered span sports like cricket, which enjoys a religion-like status in South Asia, to more obscure ones such as boat racing in Kerala.
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- Verlag: Hurst & Co.
- Seitenzahl: 364
- Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 223mm x 151mm x 35mm
- Gewicht: 489g
- ISBN-13: 9780190126810
- ISBN-10: 0190126817
- Artikelnr.: 60142289
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Hurst & Co.
- Seitenzahl: 364
- Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 223mm x 151mm x 35mm
- Gewicht: 489g
- ISBN-13: 9780190126810
- ISBN-10: 0190126817
- Artikelnr.: 60142289
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Ronojoy Sen is a Senior Research Fellow at ISAS & ARI, National University of Singapore. He has worked for several years at The Times of India, last serving as a senior assistant editor on the editorial page. He has wide-ranging interests from politics to books to sport. He is the author of the forthcoming Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Penguin) and Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism and the Indian Supreme Court (OUP) Omita Goyal is presently Chief Editor of the IIC Quarterly, the Journal of the India International Centre. She started her career in the voluntary sector with the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Shortly thereafter she moved into academic publishing where she has spent over 27 years. She worked at SAGE Publications India Pvt Limited for 20 years, leaving as General Manager. Omita took time off to work as a freelance editor for SAGE and other institutions such as The World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, Voluntary Health Association of India, Centre for Women's Development Studies, WHO, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and TERI.
* Introduction: The Landscape of Sport in South Asia
* 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
* 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
* 1. ART ICLE S
* 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
* 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
* 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
* SPORT IN FILM AND LITERATURE
* 25. Sport in Indian Film
* 26. 'I Won't Let You Down'
* 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
* 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
* 1. ART ICLE S
* 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
* 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
* 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
* SPORT IN FILM AND LITERATURE
* 25. Sport in Indian Film
* 26. 'I Won't Let You Down'
* Introduction: The Landscape of Sport in South Asia
* 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
* 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
* 1. ART ICLE S
* 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
* 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
* 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
* SPORT IN FILM AND LITERATURE
* 25. Sport in Indian Film
* 26. 'I Won't Let You Down'
* 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
* 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
* 1. ART ICLE S
* 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
* 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
* 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
* SPORT IN FILM AND LITERATURE
* 25. Sport in Indian Film
* 26. 'I Won't Let You Down'