Sen Nation at Play

A History of Sport in India
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-53993-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, EPUB

Reihe: Contemporary Asia in the World

Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and political development. Sen follows the transformation of sport from an elite, kingly pastime to a national obsession. He pays special attention to the dominance of cricket in the Indian consciousness and the chronic failure in international competition. Sen captures the political nature of sport in India and reveals centuries-old patterns of patronage, clientage, and institutionalization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sen, Ronojoy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Kampfsportarten, Selbstverteidigung Ringen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten American Football Fußball
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten American Football Rugby
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Down the Ages: Sport in Ancient and Medieval India
2. Empire of Sport: The Early British Impact on Recreation
3. White Man's Burden: Teachers, Missionaries, and Administrators
4. Players and Patrons: Indian Princes and Sports
5. The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta
6. Politics on the Maidan: Sport, Communalism, and Nationalism
7. The Early Olympics: India's Hockey Triumphs
8. Lords of the Ring: Tales of Wrestlers and Boxers
9. Freedom Games: The First Two Decades of Independence
10. Domestic Sports: State, Club, Office, and Regiment (1947–1970)
11. 1971 and After: The Religion Called Cricket
12. Life Beyond Cricket
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ronojoy Sen is senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. He has worked for over a decade with leading Indian newspapers, most recently as an editor for The Times of India. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago and read history at Presidency College, Calcutta. He is also the author of Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court.