Sport, Culture and Nation
Material type: TextSeries: SAGE eVidyaIndia SAGE Publications 2015Description: online resource(244 pages) illustrationsContent type: text ISBN: 9789351503613Subject(s): Culture, Sport and Leisure | HistoryAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 305.42 LOC classification: HQ1237Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: <strong>An in-depth analysis of the intricate relationships among sport, culture, politics, identity and regional cooperation in South Asia</strong><br /> <br /> In South Asia, sport has long been a site-albeit ignored by social scientists-which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nations. This book highlights the importance of sport in colonial and postcolonial times in India and South Asia as an essential cultural experience, a political tool, a social instrument and a commercial force. It reveals how sport has become politically, socially, culturally and emotionally significant, particularly, football in India and cricket in South Asia.<br /> <br /> Sport, Culture and Nation would be useful to historians, political scientists, sociologists and to scholars of South Asian studies as well as culture and leisure studies.Includes bibliographical references and index
<strong>An in-depth analysis of the intricate relationships among sport, culture, politics, identity and regional cooperation in South Asia</strong><br /> <br /> In South Asia, sport has long been a site-albeit ignored by social scientists-which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nations. This book highlights the importance of sport in colonial and postcolonial times in India and South Asia as an essential cultural experience, a political tool, a social instrument and a commercial force. It reveals how sport has become politically, socially, culturally and emotionally significant, particularly, football in India and cricket in South Asia.<br /> <br /> Sport, Culture and Nation would be useful to historians, political scientists, sociologists and to scholars of South Asian studies as well as culture and leisure studies.
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