Native Games: Indigenous Peoples and Sports in the Post-Colonial World

by Barry Judd and Chris Hallinan

Research on Indigenous participation in sport offers many opportunities to better understand the political issues of equality, empowerment, self-determination and protection of culture and identity. This volume compares and conceptualises the sociological significance of Indigenous sports in different international contexts. The contributions, all written by Indigenous scholars and those working directly in Indigenous/Native Studies units, provide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781905916
• ISBN13: 9781781905913
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"