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Sports and The Global South

Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka

S Janaka Biyanwila author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:26th Jan '19

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This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures.

By explaining how the realm of social reproduction involving households and communities is integral for play and sports, the book challenges the market-driven ‘sports and development’ agenda while arguing for a ‘sports commons.’ By foregrounding issues of justice and care, the book highlights how struggles for recognition, redistribution and representation are central to reimagining sports within an alternative notion of work, play and resistance.

“S. Janaka Biyanwila is to be congratulated on the extent and breadth of his research. His material on developments in the South and in Sri Lanka, in particular, make a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the divide between the myths and reality of sport as it spreads and intensifies its reach across the globe.” (Braham Dabscheck, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 29 (04), December, 2018)

ISBN: 9783030098377

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 516g

375 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018