ISBN:
9781032329963
,
9781032330006
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 286 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Routledge research in sport, culture and society
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Indigenous, traditional, and folk sports
DDC:
306.4/83
Keywords:
Sports Case studies Anthropological aspects
;
Sports Case studies Sociological aspects
;
Indigenous peoples Case studies Sports
;
Nationalism and sports Case studies
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Sport
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
"This is the first book to focus on indigenous, traditional and folk sports and sporting cultures. It examines the significance of sporting cultures that have survived the emergence and diffusion of western sports and have carved out a unique position not only in spite of, but also in response to, modernity. Presenting case studies from around the world, including from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania, the book draws on multi-disciplinary work from sociology, anthropology, history, cultural studies and political science, exploring key themes in the social sciences including nationalism, identity, decolonisation and gender. From Turkish oil wrestling, Kabbadi in South Asia and Iroquois lacrosse, to wushu and sumo in East Asia, these sporting practices continue to capture the indigenous imagination on the margins of the western hegemonic sport complex. Situated in the fissures between the local and the global, the archaic and the modern, and between ritual and record, they inhabit a liminal space of transformation as they assume new cultural and political meanings, offering important perspectives on the complexities, challenges and contradictions of modernity. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, indigenous studies, anthropology, social and cultural history, or globalisation"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Oil over Turkey : UNESCO's Kirkpinar wrestling in Edirne / Bridget Krawietz -- Xam Sa Coosan, "know your heritage" : Senegalese wrestling and the "rediscovery" of ethnicity / Mark Hann -- Heritage, spectacle, ethnos : the revival of traditional games in Central Asia / Tom Fabian -- From subalternity to intangible heritage and national symbol : Catalonia's Castells / Mariann Vaczi -- The construction and deconstruction of kabaddi, the national sport of Bangladesh : a tale of its identity and decline / Kazi Mahmudur Rahman and Marufa Akter -- A tale of two sumos : tradition and sport / Lee Thompson -- Ireland's hurling / Paul Rouse -- Finnish pesäpallo : the modernization and indigenization of a Northern European bat-and-ball game / Henrik Meinander -- From segregation to integration : changing gender roles in the modernisation of traditional folk sports in China / Huan Xiong and Xuefei Han -- Traditional Chinese martial arts : the naming and development of wushu / Cindy Park and Alan Bairner -- Swedish bandy and its struggle with modernity / Torbjörn Andersson -- Playing for the creator : understanding the indigenous roots of lacrosse / Travis Taylor and Alan Bairner -- The symbolism of indigenous sport disciplines : Sámi sports and their roots in reindeer husbandry / Eivind Åsrum Skille and Michael Sam -- Dragon boat : a traditional Asian sport with a modern flair / Mark Brooke -- Beyond the sweep : the meanders of Capoeira as a martial art and cultural expression / Louis Forline -- Between modern sport and ethnic essence : the Jai Alai of global capitalism, and the pelota of the Basques / Mariann Vaczi.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781003317685
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