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Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World
Chris Hallinan
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Description for Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World
Hardback. Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. Editor(s): Hallinan, Chris; Judd, Barry. Series Editor(s): Young, Kevin. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHBS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide unique studies of contemporary experiences of Indigenous sports participation. The papers investigate current understandings of Indigeneity found to circulate throughout sports, sports organisations and Indigenous communities. by (1): situating attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous ... Read more
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide unique studies of contemporary experiences of Indigenous sports participation. The papers investigate current understandings of Indigeneity found to circulate throughout sports, sports organisations and Indigenous communities. by (1): situating attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Research in the Sociology of Sport
Condition
New
Weight
572g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781905913
SKU
V9781781905913
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Chris Hallinan
Hallinan C. - Monash University, Australia Judd B. - Monash University, Australia
Reviews for Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World
The contributors cover wide swaths of the globe, including Canada, Norway, the US, New Zealand, Australia, Zambia, and South Africa, and they address myriad issues, ranging from sport and development, participation of indigenous peoples in their traditional sports and in contemporary global sport to depictions of indigenous sport in literature. Several engage with politically contentious ... Read more