Sport, Identity and Ethnicity
Seiten
1996
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-85973-145-1 (ISBN)
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-85973-145-1 (ISBN)
An anthropology of sport, which looks at how different sports are used by a wide variety of peoples to express, manipulate and negotiate their identities, and to challenge the way they are identified by others.
Sport is now a major industry -- and one of increasing importance throughout both the developed and developing world -- but, until now, it has received little serious attention from anthropologists. In this first general book on the anthropology of sport, the contributors look at how different sports are used by a wide variety of peoples to express, manipulate and negotiate their identities, and to challenge the way they are defined by others.Chapters address:-the role played by football teams in colonial Zimbabwe to express locals' autonomy from their British rulers; -the evolution of one of Venice's central festive occasions -- its regatta -- from a ritual of state to a sport of the people; modern and postmodern transformations of polo in Pakistan, its original home-the resolution of problematic aspects of social life in Turkey through wrestling; -the manner by which Catalan nationalists successfully exploited the Barcelona Olympics for their own political ends; and-the controversy between anglers and anti-anglers in Britain. This pioneering volume will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, sport historians and all those interested in this popular subject.
Sport is now a major industry -- and one of increasing importance throughout both the developed and developing world -- but, until now, it has received little serious attention from anthropologists. In this first general book on the anthropology of sport, the contributors look at how different sports are used by a wide variety of peoples to express, manipulate and negotiate their identities, and to challenge the way they are defined by others.Chapters address:-the role played by football teams in colonial Zimbabwe to express locals' autonomy from their British rulers; -the evolution of one of Venice's central festive occasions -- its regatta -- from a ritual of state to a sport of the people; modern and postmodern transformations of polo in Pakistan, its original home-the resolution of problematic aspects of social life in Turkey through wrestling; -the manner by which Catalan nationalists successfully exploited the Barcelona Olympics for their own political ends; and-the controversy between anglers and anti-anglers in Britain. This pioneering volume will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, sport historians and all those interested in this popular subject.
Jeremy MacClancy Oxford Brookes University
Contents: J MacClancy, Sport and Identity: An Introduction -- M. Stokes, 'No time for talking': Contest, Deceit and the Wrestler in Turkey -- O. Stuart, Players, Workers, Protestors: Social Change and Soccer in Colonial Zimbabwe -- P. Werbner, Fun Spaces: On Identity and Social Empowerment among British Muslims -- J. MacClancy, Angling: A Live Issue -- L. Sciama, The Venice Regatta: From State Ritual to Sport -- P. Parkes, Polo and Politics in the Hindu Kush -- J. MacClancy, Nationalism at Play: The Basque Community and Football
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Ethnicity and Identity Series |
| Zusatzinfo | illustrations, bibliography |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85973-145-7 / 1859731457 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85973-145-1 / 9781859731451 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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