Sports in Postcolonial Worlds

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Type
Book:A book with an explicit publisher.
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Publications
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Title
Sports in Postcolonial Worlds
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
978-1138646476
1138646474
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2016
Editor
Bancel Nicolas, Riot Thomas, Frenkiel Stanislas
Series
Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
Language
english
Number of pages
148
Abstract
This book explores several cultural and historical paths intertwined in the genesis and development of sport and physical activities within colonial and postcolonial contexts. As far as youth organizations and Western-based sports are concerned, the Independencies political split needs to be reconsidered, from a cultural perspective with practices overlapping spatial, chronological and epistemological borders. When looking at the variety of practices, the colonial legacies and the ensuing migration journeys through a global perspective, there is a need to understand the diverse ways of composing and building the postcolonial sport worlds. Multiculturalism (South Africa, France, Algeria), transnational journeys (Pacific Islands), rebuilding of national identities through sporting institutions (Ireland, West Africa), racialization of the society (Rwanda, South Africa), gender control (from the West-East to the North-South gap), sportization of traditional/old games (Americas), and so on. Following the various studies shaping this book, the ambivalence of sporting and physical activities' paths comes up. It is apparent these trajectories have generated a mixed feeling of adhesion and repulsion towards Western hegemonies in postcolonial societies.
Keywords
Sport, Culture, Postcolonialism, History
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21/05/2016 12:01
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10/12/2019 6:17
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