TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wagg,Stephen
TI  - Cricket and national identity in the postcolonial age: following on 
SN  - 0415363489 (hardback)
AV  - GV927.5.S63 C75 2005
U1  - 796.358 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Cricket
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Commonwealth countries
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Nationalism and sports
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : following on; Stephen Wagg --; Pt. I; Cricket and the former dominions --; 1; Unity, difference and the 'national game' : cricket and Australian national identity; Brett Hutchins --; 2; Kiwi or English? : cricket on the margins of New Zealand national identity; Greg Ryan --; 3; 'No one in Dolly's class at present?' : cricket and national identity in post-apartheid South Africa; Jon Gemmell and James Hamill --; Pt. II; Cricket in the new commonwealth --; 4; Play together, live apart : religion, politics and markets in Indian cricket since 1947; Sharda Ugra --; 5; History without a past : memory and forgetting in Indian cricket; Satadru Sen --; 6; Cricket in 'a nation imperfectly imagined' : identity and tradition in postcolonial Pakistan; Chris Valiotis --; 7; Sri Lanka : the power of cricket and the power in cricket; Michael Roberts --; 8; One eye on the ball, one eye on the world : cricket, West Indian nationalism and the spirit of C. L. R. James; Tim Hector and Stephen Wagg --; Pt. III; Cricket in the old country --; 9; Calypso kings, dark destroyers : England-West Indies Test cricket and the English press, 1950-1984; Stephen Wagg --; 10; 'A carnival of cricket?' : the Cricket World Cup, 'race' and the politics of carnival; Tim Crabbe and Stephen Wagg --; 11; Sheffield Caribbean : the story of a Yorkshire cricket club; Chris Searle --; 12; Clean bowl racism? : inner-city London and the politics of cricket development; Nick Miller --; 13; The ambush clause : globalisation, corporate power and the governance of world cricket; Mike Marqusee
N2  - "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 But this cricket - and that England - is as outdated as the idea of Empire, and the game today is as much about cable television, huge crowds at one-day internationals in Mumbai or Islamabad, or floodlit Twenty20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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