A detailed study of sports' arrival, spread and advance in
colonial and post-colonial South Asia. A selection of articles
addresses critical issues of nationalism, communalism,
commercialism and gender through the lens of sport.
This book makes the point that the social histories of South
Asian sport cannot be understood by simply looking at the history
of the game in one province or region. Furthermore, it demonstrates
that it would be wrong to understand sport in terms of the
exigencies of the colonial state.
Drawing inspiration from C.L.R. James' well-known epigram, 'What
do they know of cricket who only cricket know?' the findings
suggest that South Asian sport makes sense only when it is placed
within the broader colonial and post-colonial context. The book
demonstrates that sport not only influences politics and vice
versa, but that the two are inseparable. Sport is not only
political, it is politics, intrigue, culture and art. To deny this
is to denigrate the position of sport in modern South Asian
society.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of The
International Journal of the History of Sport.
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