For the first time, a single book looks at the political, social, economic and cultural effects that sports such as baseball, soccer, basketball, and cricket have on today's modern Caribbean society. This collection of essays by authors from various disciplines paints an interesting and timely portrait of sports by examining their function in Caribbean society. Social Role of Sport in Caribbean Societies discusses not only the cultural aspects of Caribbean sports but their economic and political impact as well. Overall, this book provides an in-depth exploration of the very powerful effect that sport has on society in general and the Caribbean in particular.
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[This book] is a first of its kind...There is a wealth of interpretive articles, enough to satisfy anyone interested in the pivotal role sport plays in the entire fabric of Caribbean life.
–John Walter of University of Washington
–John Walter of University of Washington
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The essays in this volume cover a variety of sports: the emphases are on baseball, basketball, cricket, football (soccer), and horse racing, but other sports are dealt with indirectly or in passing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
socioemotional function, blessing affair, certain role obligations, sport socialization, baseball academies, cricket tour, sport sociology, cricket fans, football skills, double pyramid, test cricket, international cricket, fast bowlers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indian, West Indies, New York, East Indians, United States, The Park, Point Fortin, Bottom Town, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Trinidad Guardian, Campo Las Palmas, Soviet Union, Croix Avis, Black Power, British Guiana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anglophone Caribbean, Arena Review, Borough Council, Hurricane Hugo, Latin America, North America, Frank Worrell New!
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The essays in this volume cover a variety of sports: the emphases are on baseball, basketball, cricket, football (soccer), and horse racing, but other sports are dealt with indirectly or in passing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
socioemotional function, blessing affair, certain role obligations, sport socialization, baseball academies, cricket tour, sport sociology, cricket fans, football skills, double pyramid, test cricket, international cricket, fast bowlers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indian, West Indies, New York, East Indians, United States, The Park, Point Fortin, Bottom Town, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Trinidad Guardian, Campo Las Palmas, Soviet Union, Croix Avis, Black Power, British Guiana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Anglophone Caribbean, Arena Review, Borough Council, Hurricane Hugo, Latin America, North America, Frank Worrell New!
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- Beyond A Boundary by C. L. R. James on 10 pages
- Trinidad Ethnicity by Kevin A. Yelvington on page 49, page 50, and page 51
- Colonialism and Culture (The Comparative Studies in Society and History Book Series) by Nicholas B. Dirks on page 47, page 48, and page 82
- A History of West Indies Cricket by Michael Manley on page 11, page 83, and page 101
- Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream by Assoc. Prof. Alan M. Klein on page 151, and page 250
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- Gender, Ethnicity and Place: Women and Identity in Guyana (Routledge Studies in Development and Society) by Linda Peake in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sport: A Critical Sociology by Richard Giulianotti in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados: the Elite Schools 1865-1966 by Keith A. P. Sandiford in Back Matter
- Latin American Sport: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1998 (Bibliographies and Indexes on Sports History) by Joseph L. Arbena on page 49
- Ethnicity, Sport, Identity: Struggles for Status (Sport in the Global Society) by Andrew Ritchie in Back Matter
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