Native games [[electronic resource] ] : indigenous peoples and sports in the post-colonial world / / Chris Hallinan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452935803321
• Autore: Hallinan Chris
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013
• ISBN: 1-78190-592-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Research in the sociology of sport ; ; v. 7
• Disciplina: 796.089
• Soggetti: African American athletes; Discrimination in sports; Racism in sports; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; NATIVE GAMES: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND SPORTS IN THE POST-COLONIAL WORLD; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; THE COVER; THE CHAPTERS; REFERENCES; FOREWORD; NO 'MUSEUM PIECE': ABORIGINAL GAMES AND CULTURAL CONTESTATION IN SUBARCTIC CANADA; INTRODUCTION; 'SURVIVALS' AND 'INTRUSIONS'; THE SELF-REFERENTIAL SYMBOLIC INVENTORY OF OLYMPIC SPORTS; DENE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE; THE DENE GAMES GATHERING; OUTLOOK; FIVE KEY READINGS; NOTE; REFERENCES; LASSOING AND REINDEER RACING VERSUS 'UNIVERSAL' SPORTS: VARIOUS ROUTES TO SÁMI IDENTITY THROUGH SPORTS; INTRODUCTION; RESISTING CRITICAL ANALYSES: GATEKEEPING ISSUES WITH AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS 'SUBJECTS'INTRODUCTION; REFLEXIVITY AND DISRUPTING 'GATE KEEPER'; RACIAL HEGEMONY AND INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION IN SPORT; THE POLITICS OF LOCATION; BLINDED BY REVIEWS; RESISTING 'GATE KEEPING'; CONCLUSION; FIVE KEY READINGS; NOTE; REFERENCES; SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA: THE NEW OR NOT SO NEW COLONISATION?; INTRODUCTION; SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT: A POST-COLONIAL CRITIQUE; ZAMBIAN SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESEARCH CONTEXT; UNDERTAKING SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH; FINDINGS; CONCLUSIONS; FIVE KEY READINGS; REFERENCES THE LEGACY OF JACK JOHNSON ON ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA; INTRODUCTION; THE COLOURED PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION; THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD; THE INSPIRATION OF JACK JOHNSON; THE POLITICAL AGITATOR; FIVE KEY READINGS; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION GAMES: SELLING AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL AS THE NEW GAME TO THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA; INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH APPROACH; NEW QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; AN AUSTRALIAN IN SOUTH AFRICA; SELLING AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (1997-2008); AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (THE AFL PERSPECTIVE); AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA (THE SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE)
• Sommario/riassunto: Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide unique studies of contemporary experiences of Indigenous sports participation. The papers investigate current understandings of Indigeneity found to