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Record Nr.

UNINA9910563073403321

Autore

Skille Eivind Å.

Titolo

Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building : Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond / / Eivind Å. Skille

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 170 pages) : illustrations some color

Disciplina

948.0049457

Soggetti

Nationalism and sports

Sami (European people) - Ethnic identity

Sports - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Indigenous sport and nation-building : setting the scene -- Nation-building and Indigenous sport : a global phenomenon -- Contextualization of research field and positioning of the researcher -- Indigenous sport clubs in core Indigenous areas -- Indigenous sport clubs outside core areas States, nations, and Indigenous sport -- Communities and conventions in Indigenous sport -- Nation-building and Indigenous sport : lessons learned.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Smi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern world. Through detailed case data from the Norwegian side of Spmi (the land of the Smi), this book provides a critical and contemporary perspective of post-colonial influences and their impacts on sport. The study uses concepts of conventions, citizenship and communities, to examine the tenuous roles of Indigenous-based sport organizations and clubs towards the building of an Indigenous nation. The book further draws together international, national, and local Smi experiences to address the communal and assimilative influences that sport brings for people in the North Calotte. Taken together, the book signals the importance of sport in future community development and the (re)emergence of Indigenous culture. Appealing to policy makers



and scholars alike, the book will be of particular interest to researchers in sport sociology, Indigenous studies and post colonialism. It also provides essential insight for public officials and administrators of sport and/or Indigenous issues at various levels of public office.