Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm
History, Heritage, and Communities
Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-43928-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book explores the unique position of field hockey as a global sport that, despite its widespread presence, has never achieved national sport status in any country. It examines critical moments when field hockey has significantly shaped national, ethnic, and community identities in specific locations, while also highlighting its pivotal role in advancing women's sport worldwide. Through diverse case studies from various countries, the volume analyzes field hockey as a competitive women's game and investigates efforts to preserve and promote its rich heritage. The research provides valuable insights into how this sport fits within broader sport history narratives and its cultural significance in the nations where it thrives.
This book is essential reading for students and professionals in sport management, sociology, and cultural studies. Sport historians, gender studies scholars, and researchers interested in women's sport development will find valuable perspectives on how sport shapes national and ethnic identities. It will appeal to academics studying cultural identity, globalization in sport, and community formation through athletic participation. The work covers broad subject areas including sport history, women's studies, cultural geography, and international sport development.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction: Local, National and Global Histories of Field Hockey: An Overview 1. ‘Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’: Accounting for the Development of Field Hockey in Aotearoa New Zealand 2. Priests, Bearers, Schoolboys, Sailors: Pioneering Indian Field Hockey Players from Bengal in the 1890s 3. Maori and Field Hockey from 1900: More Than a Game? 4. Field Hockey in China: An Exploration of Socioeconomic and Political Changes, 1900–2024 5. Sporting Diaspora: Reconstructing Goan Field Hockey History Through the Exploits of Lusitanians Sporting Club, 1909–1964 6. A New Dawn: The Rise of Women’s Hockey Leagues and the Emergence and Demise of the English Ladies Hockey Leagues Association, 1910–1960 7. ‘The Cheering Was Loud and Long’: Practical Feminism and the England Women’s Hockey Tour of Australia in 1927 8. An Alternative Model for International Competition: The First Women’s World Field Hockey Tournament, Copenhagen 1933 9. Sports Narratives and Historical Nationalism: Re-Visiting the Context and Use of Field Hockey in Chak De! India 10. ‘Is Hockey Moving with the Times?’ Amateurism, the All England Women’s Hockey Association and Field Hockey at the Olympic Games, 1972–1996 11. Holding Their Own? Assessing the Merger of Men’s and Women’s Field Hockey in England 12. An Olympic Fairytale: The Zimbabwean Women’s Field Hockey Victory at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games 13. From Entrepreneurial Origins to Professional Museum: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Field Hockey’s Sporting Heritage at The Hockey Museum, England
