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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300593103321

Autore

Biyanwila S. Janaka

Titolo

Sports and The Global South : Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka / / by S. Janaka Biyanwila

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-68502-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 375 p. 12 illus.)

Collana

Global Culture and Sport Series, , 2662-3404

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Sports—Sociological aspects

Culture

Economic sociology

Industrial sociology

Sociology of Sport and Leisure

Sociology of Culture

Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

Sociology of Work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Spread of Sports Markets in the Global South -- 3. Sports Workers in Workplaces and Communities -- 4. Sports Revenue from Property Rights and Cities -- 5. The Role of Media in Sports Consumption -- 6. Development and Sports in Sri Lanka -- 7. Authoritarian Sports Cultures and Sports Workers -- 8. Changing Sports Through Resistance -- 9. Conclusions: Sports as Play and the Sports Commons.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures. By explaining how the realm of social reproduction involving households and communities is integral for play and sports, the book challenges the market-driven ‘sports and



development’ agenda while arguing for a ‘sports commons.’ By foregrounding issues of justice and care, the book highlights how struggles for recognition, redistribution and representation are central to reimagining sports within an alternative notion of work, play and resistance.