Native Games : Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World
Title:
Native Games : Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World
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edited by Chris Hallinan, Barry Judd.
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Bradford : Emerald, ©2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages)
ISBN:
9781781905920
Abstract:
Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many oppertunities 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.
Local Note:
UAF Rasmuson Library Ebook Central subscription access.
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents:
Introduction / Chris Hallinan, Barry Judd -- No 'museum piece' : aboriginal games and cultural contestation in subarctic Canada / Michael K. Heine -- Lassoing and reindeer racing versus 'universal' sports : various routes to Sámi identity through sports / Eivind ô. Skille -- 'A reservation hero is a hero forever' : basketball, irony, and humor in the novels of James Welch, Sherman Alexie, and Stephen Graham Jones / Billy J. Stratton -- Neoliberalism as neocolonialism? : Considerations on the marketisation of Waka Ama in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Renee K.L. Wikaire, Joshua I. Newman -- Towards cultural competence : how incorporating Maori values could benefit New Zealand sport / Holly Raima Hippolite, Toni Bruce -- Resisting critical analyses : gatekeeping issues with Australian indigenous subjects / Stella Coram, Chris Hallinan -- Sport for development in Zambia : the new or not so new colonisation? / Ruth Jeanes [and others] -- The legacy of Jack Johnson on aboriginal Australia / John Maynard -- Indigenous reconciliation games : selling Australian football as the new game to the new South Africa / Barry Judd, Chris Hallinan -- Youth development through recreation : Eurocentric influences and aboriginal self-determination / Alana Rovito, Audrey R. Giles -- Paradigm lost : indigenous games and neoliberalism in the South African context / Cora Burnett -- Hope and strength(s) through physical activity for Canada's aboriginal peoples / Victoria Paraschak -- Uncomfortable icons : uneasiness, expectations, and American Indians in sport / C. Richard King.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.