A Social History of Indian Football : Striving to Score
Majumdar, Boria and ,Bandyopadhyay,Kausik
A Social History of Indian Football : Striving to Score - London Routledge 2016 - 194 Pages
A Social History of Indian Football covers the period 1850-2004. It considers soccer as a derivative sport, creatively and imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs - designed to fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. The book is concerned with the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of sporting ideals in colonial and post-colonial India for nationalist needs.
9781138982222
History -- Indian Football--1850-2004
306.4830954 / MAJ.S
A Social History of Indian Football : Striving to Score - London Routledge 2016 - 194 Pages
A Social History of Indian Football covers the period 1850-2004. It considers soccer as a derivative sport, creatively and imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs - designed to fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. The book is concerned with the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of sporting ideals in colonial and post-colonial India for nationalist needs.
9781138982222
History -- Indian Football--1850-2004
306.4830954 / MAJ.S