Sport, Culture and Nation : Perspectives from Indian Football and South Asian Cricket
Kausik Bandyopadhyay
- SAGE, 2015.
ntro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- For Our Readers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 -- 'The Nation and its Fragments': Football and Community in India -- 2 -- Uncovering the Sleeping Giant Syndrome: India in Olympic Football -- 3 -- Towards a Professional Identity: Soccer as a Career Option in Contemporary Manipur -- 4 -- Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy: A Study of India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004 -- 5 -- Cricketing Politics or Political Cricket: Politics, Power and Cricket Board Elections in India, 2004-2006 -- 6 -- Asserting National Identity: The Decolonization of Bangladeshi Cricket -- 7 -- Cricket under Siege: Terrorism, Security and the Future of Cricket in Pakistan -- 8 -- Sport, Culture and Nation: Field Notes from Colombo and Kabul -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Author.