Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879-1939 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

This book considers how Samoans embraced and reshaped the English game of cricket, recasting it as a distinctively Samoan pastime, kirikiti. Starting with cricket's introduction to the islands in 1879, it uses both cricket and kirikiti to trace six decades of contest between and within the categories of 'colonisers' and 'colonised.' How and why did Samoans adapt and appropriate the imperial game? How did officials, missionaries, colonists, soldiers and those with mixed foreign and Samoan heritage understand and respond to the real and symbolic challenges kirikiti presented? And how did Samoans use both games to navigate foreign colonialism(s)? By investigating these questions, Benjamin Sacks suggests alternative frameworks for conceptualising sporting transfer and adoption, and advances understandings of how power, politics and identity were manifested through sport, in Samoa and across the globe.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Benjamin Sacks
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-027270-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Cricket Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-027270-2
Barcode:	9783030272708

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