Sports Studies in India

Description

Sports Studies in India, as a part of The Oxford India Studies in Contemporary Society, emerges from a sociological curiosity about sporting experience in terms of participation in sports as well as its theorization in scholarship. This volume aims to forge interest in the field of sports studies and offers a platform for a wide range of studies on sports, employing a variety of approaches, perspectives, and methodologies. The contributions in this volume sport as a microcosm of society, which affords an opportunity to understand the complex nexus of society-state-media. They also examine sport within a political economy perspective through lenses of religion, gender, and class, among others. Interspersed in this collection are case studies, critical explorations of sports in Bollywood, and autobiographical accounts that not only enrich the narrative, but also demonstrate the value of that different genres bring to the discourse of sports studies. In a pandemic-afflicted world where sports is taking new shape, when new norms may well come into being, this collection establishes a framework for understanding change in the realm of sports and society in India

About the author

Padma Prakash (ed.) is editor, eSocialSciences, and director, IRIS Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai, India. Meena Gopal (ed.)is professor, Advanced Centre for Women's Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Table of contents

Introduction
The Struggle for Sports Commons: The South Asian Context
S. Janaka Biyanwila
2. Ethnicity, Class, Leisure and Aspirations: Football in Mumbai's Sociospatial Dynamics
D Parthasarathy
3. India's Olympic Encounter: Sport, Identity and Nation
Boria Mazumdar
4. Indian Volleyball: From Local Contexts to Global Realities
Bino Paul
5. Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering: Identity, Labour and Power in Sport
Vrinda Marwah
6. Women's Cricket in India: Expanding the Inclusionary Possibilities of Sport
Raadhika Gupta
7. Testing the Limits of Science: Sex Difference and Athletic Ability in Elite Sport
Madeleine Pape
II. Reflections on Sports Studies: Transcending Disciplines
8. A Sociological Understanding of Sport in India
Elizabeth C.J. Pike
9. Labours of Care in Sport: Reflections on Feminist Practice in Athletics
Meena Gopal
10. Perspectives on Sports History in India: Present Challenges and Future Directions
Kausik Bandyopadhyay
III. Nurturing Sports: Crucibles of Growth
11.. A City and a Sport: Hockey in Calcutta
Nikhilesh Bhattacharya
12.. Goa's Football Story: Of Unity and Hegemony
Frederick Noronha
13. Local Clubs and Sports Culture in Kerala: Community at the Centre
S. Mohammed Irshad
14. Nurturing Sports Talent: What Role Do Academies Play?
Pulasta Dhar
Section IV: State, Sports and Development : Policy and Regulation
15. The Uneven Development of Sports Policy: Legal Regimes, Legislation and Governance
Kruthika N.S. and Sarthak Sood
16. Mega Sport Events, Development and Tourism
EQUATIONS
17. Doping : Ramifications for Indian Sports
K P Mohan
18. Performance Enhancing Substances in Sports: Towards Country-specific Harm Reduction Strategies
Kaveri Prakash
19. Sports for Development and Peace: From Global to Local
S. Ananthakrishnan
20. Reimagining Play: Football, Muslim Women and Empowerment
Sabah Khan
Section V: Movies, Media and Technology
21. The Nationalist Imaginary in the Bollywood Sports Film
Nissim Mannathukkaren
22. The Sports Celebrity and the Biopic
Pramod K. Nayar
23. Breaking into the Press Box and After: A First Person Account
Sharda Ugra
24. State, Market and Media in Indian Cricket
Avipsu Halder
25. Who Watches Cricket? The New Spectator in the Sporting-Entertainment Complex
Vidya Subramaniam