Cricket and national identity in the postcolonial age : following on /
edited by Stephen Wagg.
- xvi, 274 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : following on / Cricket and the former dominions -- Unity, difference and the 'national game' : cricket and Australian national identity / Kiwi or English? : cricket on the margins of New Zealand national identity / 'No one in Dolly's class at present?' : cricket and national identity in post-apartheid South Africa / Cricket in the new commonwealth -- Play together, live apart : religion, politics and markets in Indian cricket since 1947 / History without a past : memory and forgetting in Indian cricket / Cricket in 'a nation imperfectly imagined' : identity and tradition in postcolonial Pakistan / Sri Lanka : the power of cricket and the power in cricket / One eye on the ball, one eye on the world : cricket, West Indian nationalism and the spirit of C. L. R. James / Cricket in the old country -- Calypso kings, dark destroyers : England-West Indies Test cricket and the English press, 1950-1984 / 'A carnival of cricket?' : the Cricket World Cup, 'race' and the politics of carnival / Sheffield Caribbean : the story of a Yorkshire cricket club / Clean bowl racism? : inner-city London and the politics of cricket development / The ambush clause : globalisation, corporate power and the governance of world cricket / Stephen Wagg -- Brett Hutchins -- Greg Ryan -- Jon Gemmell and James Hamill -- Sharda Ugra -- Satadru Sen -- Chris Valiotis -- Michael Roberts -- Tim Hector and Stephen Wagg -- Stephen Wagg -- Tim Crabbe and Stephen Wagg -- Chris Searle -- Nick Miller -- Mike Marqusee. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"Mention cricket, and some still think of the gentle game, played on a village green in England, where leather thuds against willow, slumbering spectators mutter 'Good shot, sir' and church bells toll in the middle distance... But this cricket - and that England - is as outdated as the idea of Empire, and the game today is as much about cable television, huge crowds at one-day internationals in Mumbai or Islamabad, or floodlit Twenty20 games timed to maximise broadcast advertising revenue." "Bringing together leading writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries, exploring the culture, politics, governance and economics of cricket in the twenty-first century." "Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age is an original political and historical study of the game's development in a range of countries. Ideal for students of sport, politics, history and postcolonialism, it provides accessible and stimulating discussion of the major issues, including race, migration, globalisation, neoliberal economics, religion and sectarianism and the media."--BOOK JACKET.
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Cricket--Social aspects--Commonwealth countries Cricket--Political aspects--Commonwealth countries Nationalism and sports--Commonwealth countries