Cricket, Public Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Calcutta

ISBN-13: 9781108494588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

India) Naha Souvik (West Bengal University of Technology

Opis

This book expands our historical understanding of postcolonial India by examining how cricket has shaped Indian society and politics.

Recenzje

'Souvik Naha's insightful, carefully researched and elegantly written monograph on the public perceptions of cricket in postcolonial Calcutta is a timely and highly welcome addition to both the social and cultural history of modern South Asia as well as to the global history of sport.' Harald Fischer-Tiné, ETH Zurich

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Cricket, syndicated Englishness, and postcoloniality; 2. Narratives of cricket and collective history; 3. The making of a city of cricket; 4. Politicians, patronage, and centre-state relations; 5. Spectators, gender, and public space; 6. The moral economy of violent 'gentlemen'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.