Sport, identity, and ethnicity / edited by Jeremy MacClancy.

Other author MacClancy, Jeremy.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford, UK ; Herndon, VA : Berg, 1996.
Descriptionviii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEthnic identities series, 1354-3628
Berg ethnic identities series. ^A376009
Contents Sport, identity and ethnicity / Jeremy MacClancy -- 'Strong as a Turk': power, performance and representation in Turkish wrestling / Martin Stokes -- Indigenous polo and the politics of regional identity in Northern Pakistan / Peter Parkes -- Female bullfighting, gender stereotyping and the state / Jeremy MacClancy -- 'Our blood is green': cricket, identity and social empowerment among British Pakistanis / Pnina Werbner -- Angling: a live issue / Jeremy MacClancy -- The Venice regatta: from ritual to sport / Lidia D. Sciama -- Players, workers, protestors: social change and soccer in colonial Zimbabwe / Ossie Stuart -- Nationalism at play: the Basques of Vizcaya and athletic Bilbao / Jeremy MacClancy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96004398
ISBN1859731406
ISBN1859731457 (pbk. : alk. paper)