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Bandyopadhyay Kausik

Sports culture and nation - New Delhi Sage Publications 2015 - 212p xvii

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Nation and Its Fragments': Football and Community in India
Uncovering the Sleeping Giant Syndrome: India in Olympic Football
Towards a Professional Identity: Soccer as a Career Option in Contemporary Manipur
Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy: A Study of India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004
Cricketing Politics or Political Cricket: Politics, Power and Cricket Board Elections in India, 2004-2006
Asserting National Identity: The Decolonization of Bangladeshi Cricket
Cricket under Siege: Terrorism, Security and the Future of Cricket in Pakistan
Sport, Culture and Nation: Field Notes from Colombo and Kabul
Epilogue
Index

ISBN: 9789351503026

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Nationlism & Sports - India - South Asia2. Soccer - Cricket - Sports - Social Aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 344.099000 / BAN