Native games [electronic resource] : indigenous peoples and sports in the post-colonial world / edited by Chris Hallinan, Barry Judd.

ISBN:

9781781905920

Title:

Author:

Hallinan, Chris.

Personal Author:

Hallinan, Chris.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages).

Series:

Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 7

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.

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Subject Term:

Indigenous peoples -- Sports.

Indigenous peoples -- Political and social views.

Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs.

Added Author:

Judd, Barry.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

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Summary

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 circulate throughout sports, sports organisations and Indigenous communities. by (1): situating attitudes to racial and cultural difference within the broader sociological processes of post colonial Indigenous worlds (2): interrogating perceptions of Indigenous identity with reference to contemporary theories of identity drawn from Indigenous Studies and (3): providing insight to increased Indigenous participation, empowerment and personal development through sport with reference to sociological theory.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

Hallinan (Indigenous studies, Monash Univ., Australia) and Judd (global studies, RMIT Univ., Australia) have compiled a baker's dozen of sociology and anthropology essays exploring interactions of indigenous peoples with sport around the world. The contributors cover wide swaths of the globe, including Canada, Norway, the US, New Zealand, Australia, Zambia, and South Africa, and they address myriad issues, ranging from sport and development, participation of indigenous peoples in their traditional sports and in contemporary global sport to depictions of indigenous sport in literature. Several engage with politically contentious issues involving globalization, sport, and the often-vulnerable and overlooked native peoples who are the real subjects of these explorations. The authors utilize a wide range of methodologies, and as is common in collections such as this one, the essays vary in quality and readability. This book will be most welcome for specialists, who will find that some contributions fill existing gaps in scholarship, and that others provide starting points for future research. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. D. C. Catsam University of Texas of the Permian Basin