The study of sport within the specific context of Aboriginal
society
and culture in Canada offers valuable insight into the impact of
sport
on a number of wider issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples,
both
within and outside of their communities. "Aboriginal Peoples
and
Sport in Canada" uses sport as a lens through which to
examine
Aboriginal peoples' issues of individual and community health,
gender and race relations, culture and colonialism, and
self-determination and agency.
In this ground-breaking volume, leading scholars offer a
multidisciplinary perspective on issues such as the clashing
cultural
imperatives that discourage Aboriginal athletes from participating
at
the national level; whether their needs are well served by the
cultural
values of sports psychology; and how unequal power relations
influence
the ability of different groups of Aboriginal people to implement
their
own visions for sport. The diverse analyses illuminate how
Aboriginal people employ sport as a venue through which to assert
their
cultural identities and find a positive space for themselves
and
upcoming generations in contemporary Canadian society.Janice
Forsyth is the director of the International
Centre for Olympic Studies and an assistant professor in the School
of
Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario. Audrey R.
Giles is an associate professor in the School of Human
Kinetics at the University of Ottawa.
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