Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age.

Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wagg, Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2005.
Subjects:
Cricket > Social aspects > Commonwealth countries.
Cricket > Political aspects > Commonwealth countries.
Nationalism and sports > Commonwealth countries.
Cricket > Aspect social > Pays du Commonwealth.
Cricket > Aspect politique > Pays du Commonwealth.
Nationalisme et sports > Pays du Commonwealth.
Cricket > Political aspects
Cricket > Social aspects
Nationalism and sports
Commonwealth countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Unity, difference and the 'national game'; 2 Kiwi or English?; 3 'No one in Dolly's class at present?'; 4 Play together, live apart; 5 History without a past; 6 Cricket in 'a nation imperfectly imagined'; 7 Sri Lanka; 8 One eye on the ball, one eye on the world; 9 Calypso kings, dark destroyers; 10 'A carnival of cricket?'; 11 Sheffield Caribbean; 12 Clean bowl racism?; 13 The ambush clause; Index.

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