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The postcolonial sporting body : contemporary Indian investigations /

Bringing together leading as well as emerging scholars involved in research on sport and body, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Sportinvokes the postcolonial sporting body to understand the long history of contemporary practices of play as well as their renewed, re-charged and re-signifie...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mani, Veena (Editor), Krishnamurthy, Mathangi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leeds, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2024.
Series:Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 20.
Subjects:
Sports > Social aspects.
Sports > Political aspects.
Postcolonialism.
Sports > Commonwealth countries.
Sports > Aspect social.
Sports > Aspect politique.
Sports > Pays du Commonwealth.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
Sociology: sport and leisure.
Sociology.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • What about the Body?
  • Gender
  • Race and Caste
  • The Postcolonial Sporting Body
  • Policies, Laws, and Plans
  • Contributions to the Volume
  • References
  • Histories and Discourses
  • Chapter 1: The Body in Indian Sports: A Discursive Trajectory from Colonial to Neoliberal Times
  • Sport and Colonialism
  • The Politics of the Body
  • Contending with 'Indian-ness'
  • Liberalisation and Sport in 'New India'
  • Sport as Spectacle
  • Sport as Aspiration
  • Sport as Empowerment
  • Neoliberal Visions of the Body
  • Decolonising (Through) Sport
  • Key Readings
  • References
  • Chapter 2: The Sporty Young Woman in Bengali Fiction: Moti Nandi's Kalabati
  • Introduction
  • About Moti Nandi
  • About the Kalabati Series
  • Locating Femininity in Bengali Children's Fiction and in Indian Sporting Practices
  • Postcolonial Femininity as Masquerade
  • Conclusion
  • Key Readings
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Colonial Affects: Desire and Power in a Sporting Figure of the Malabar Special Police
  • Colonial Setting
  • Rahim Gafoor: Inaccessible Locations
  • Conclusion
  • Key Readings
  • References
  • Bodies, Sport, and Space
  • Chapter 4: Beyond the Body Ideal: Everyday Fitness Practices in the Public Parks of Delhi
  • Contextualising Physical Activity and Fitness Activities
  • Physical Activity as a Policy Subject and Everyday Urban Spaces
  • Fitness Practices in Public Parks: Bodies, Space and Publicness
  • Docile Bodies Versus Active Citizens: Governmentalisation of Fit Bodies
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Playing Invisible: Studying the Urban Life of Football in Bengaluru
  • The Visible and the Invisible Stadium
  • Training for Invisibility
  • Conclusion: Ideology of the Field
  • Key Readings
  • References
  • Chapter 6: All Play and No Work? The Sporting Body Inside the Classroom in Kerala
  • Introduction
  • Duel with Dualisms: Theoretical Moorings Around the Sporting Body
  • The Postcolonial Sporting Body in India
  • Context, Limitations, and Methods
  • Narratives from the Sports Quota: The 'Unintelligent' Sporting Body in the Classroom
  • Disembodied Pedagogy
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Photo Essay One
  • Painful Pitches: Between Railway Bridge and Mighty Krishna
  • The Story of Mahanadu XI
  • The Stumper
  • The Ghats of the Mighty Krishna and Colonial Remnants
  • References
  • Between Nation and Globe
  • Chapter 7: The Muscular Capital of an Indian Bodybuilder: Local Competitions, Transnational Expectations, and Postcolonial Realities
  • Bodybuilding in India
  • Navigating Different Bodily Ideals
  • A 'Natural' Investment in the Body
  • The Past and Present of Muscular Capital
  • The Bodybuilder's Body as a Site of Exploration