A Social History of Indian Football Striving to Score Sport in the Global Society Series
Auteurs : Bandyopadhyay Kausik, Majumdar Boria
A Social History of Indian Football covers the period 1850-2004. It considers soccer as a derivative sport, creatively and imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs - designed to fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. The book is concerned with the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of sporting ideals in colonial and post-colonial India for nationalist needs.
The book assesses the role of soccer in colonial Indian life, to delineate the inter-relationship between those who patronised, promoted, played and viewed the game, to analyse the impact of the colonial context on the games evolution and development and shed light on the diverse nature of trysts with the sport across the country. Throughout this book, soccer is the lens that illuminates India's colonial and post-colonial encounter.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Soccer and Society.
Date de parution : 06-2016
17.4x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 04-2006
Ouvrage de 216 p.
17.4x24.6 cm
Mots-clés :
Mohammedan Sporting Club; Young Men; Boria Majumdar; Tamil Nadu; Indian sociocultural needs; English Premier League; Indian football; Calcutta Football League; games evolution; Mohun Bagan Club; political imperatives; economic aspirations; Mohun Bagan’s Victory; National Level Tournaments; Football Association; Bengali Clubs; IFA Shield; Army Sports Control Board; Mohammedan Sporting; India Football Federation; Footballing Nationalism; Indian Soccer; Women’s Football; Women’s Soccer; East Bengal Club; IFA; East Bengal; East Bengali; Shield Victory; FIFA World Ranking