Product Overview
The essays in this collection explore the interplay between sport and society from interdisciplinary perspectives, examining the historical processes through which sports have become a significant part of everyday social life since the late nineteenth century; the book analyses how traditional and modern forms of sport have converged to shape distinct sporting cultures and identities, as well as the evolving trajectories of the public as fans, consumers, and vanguards of sport. Although the primary focus is on India, the themes discussed resonate strongly with other national contexts, and written by well-known scholars in the field, the volume makes a valuable contribution to the expanding body of sport studies, offering rich insights for students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone seeking a national perspective on the political and economic significance of both contemporary and traditional sports in India.
Product Overview
The essays in this collection explore the interplay between sport and society from interdisciplinary perspectives, examining the historical processes through which sports have become a significant part of everyday social life since the late nineteenth century; the book analyses how traditional and modern forms of sport have converged to shape distinct sporting cultures and identities, as well as the evolving trajectories of the public as fans, consumers, and vanguards of sport. Although the primary focus is on India, the themes discussed resonate strongly with other national contexts, and written by well-known scholars in the field, the volume makes a valuable contribution to the expanding body of sport studies, offering rich insights for students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone seeking a national perspective on the political and economic significance of both contemporary and traditional sports in India.
Product Specification
- Genre
- Non- Fiction
- Editor
- Amitava Chatterjee
- ISBN
- 978-93-80677-46-0
- Pages
- 244
- Published
- 2013
About the Editor
Amitava Chatterjee is Head and Professor of History at Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal. He has teaching experience of over 15 years in UG and PG level. His areas of interest are sports history and cultural studies, and his research thrust is the evolution of sporting culture in Colonial Bengal. He was in charge of Controller of Examinations (Additional Charge) at Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol from August’2016 to October'2017. He has edited few books viz. Itihase JanaSanskriti: Porishare Unish Bish Shatak, Gender & Modernity, People at Large: Popular Culture in Modern Bengal and People at Play: Sport, Culture and Nationalism and written extensively in reputed journals of India and abroad.
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