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Native Games : Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World / edited by Chris Hallinan, Barry Judd.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 7.Publication details: Bradford : Emerald, ©2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781781905920
  • 1781905924
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Native Games.DDC classification:
  • 306.08 23
LOC classification:
  • GN380
Online resources:
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.
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.
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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.

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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