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We Are Playing Football : Sport and Postcolonial Subjectivity, Panapompom, Papua New Guinea.
Sport is an important part of the lives of rural Papua New Guineans, and a significant connection to global imaginaries for economically marginal villagers. Such grassroots sport, however, is rarely studied and has never previously been the subject of an ethnographic monograph. This book represents...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sport is an important part of the lives of rural Papua New Guineans, and a significant connection to global imaginaries for economically marginal villagers. Such grassroots sport, however, is rarely studied and has never previously been the subject of an ethnographic monograph. This book represents a pioneering study of the history and effects of grassroots sport in Papua New Guinea. We Are Playing Football explores Panapompom people's attempts to recreate the international game, and the soc ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443826174 1443826170 9786613141897 6613141895 1283141892 9781283141895 |