A Social History of Indian Football: Striving to Score

by Kausik Bandyopadhyay and Boria Majumdar

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.

The book assesses the role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138982229
• ISBN13: 9781138982222
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.5"