Cricket and national identity in the postcolonial age : following on /

Exploring culture, politics, governance & economics, this volume places cricket in the post-colonial life of the major test-playing countries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wagg, Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, 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.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Cricket.
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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