Games We Play: Sports in South Asia - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ronojoy Sen, Omita GoyalTheme:Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:10/22/2020Pages:364
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780190126810ISBN-10:0190126817UPC:9780190126810Book Category:Literary Criticism, Crafts & Hobbies, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, HistorySize:8.70 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCQ4E90Y0F
This book looks broadly at the evolution of sport and play in India and South Asia, those that enjoy mass popularity as well as those that are marginal, situating them in the region's history, society and economy. It is a valuable addition to the study of sports in South Asia, which remains underdeveloped, with a significant bias towards cricket. Avoiding personality-based narratives, focusing only on successful sportspersons, this volume looks at the different sports played and watched in South Asia: from popular ones such as hockey, football, and badminton, to more local ones such as boat racing in Kerala.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780190126810ISBN-10:0190126817UPC:9780190126810Book Category:Literary Criticism, Crafts & Hobbies, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, HistorySize:8.70 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCQ4E90Y0F
Ronojoy Sen, Games We Play: Sports in South Asia, Institute of South Asian Studies and the South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore, Omita Goyal, Games We Play: Sports in South Asia, India International Centre Quarterly Ronojoy Sen is a Senior Research Fellow at ISAS & ARI, National University of Singapore. He has worked for several years at The Times of India, last serving as a senior assistant editor on the editorial page. He has wide-ranging interests from politics to books to sport. He is the author of the forthcoming Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Penguin) and Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism and the Indian Supreme Court (OUP) Omita Goyal is presently Chief Editor of the IIC Quarterly, the Journal of the India International Centre. She started her career in the voluntary sector with the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Shortly thereafter she moved into academic publishing where she has spent over 27 years. She worked at SAGE Publications India Pvt Limited for 20 years, leaving as General Manager. Omita took time off to work as a freelance editor for SAGE and other institutions such as The World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, Voluntary Health Association of India, Centre for Women's Development Studies, WHO, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and TERI.
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