Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports : Contesting Modernities (Paperback)

Introduction,??Part I -?Rediscovering Heritage: Identity and Ethnopolitics,??1. Oil over Turkey: UNESCO’s Kirkpinar Wrestling in Edirne,??2. Xam Sa Coosan, “Know your Heritage”: Senegalese Wrestling and the “Rediscovery” of Ethnicity,??3. Heritage, Spectacle, Ethnos: The Revival of Traditional Games in Central Asia,??4. From Subalternity to Intangible Heritage and National Symbol: Catalonia’s Castells,??Part II -?Nationalizing the Traditional,??5. The Construction and Deconstruction of Kabaddi, the National Sport of Bangladesh: A Tale of Its Identity and Decline,??6. A Tale of Two Sumos: Tradition and Sport,??7. Ireland’s Hurling,??8. Finnish Pesapallo: The Modernization and Indigenization of a Northern European Bat-and-Ball Game,??Part III -?Modernizing the Indigenous: “Redemptions” and Disenchantments,??9. From Segregation to Integration: Changing Gender Roles in the Modernisation of Traditional Folk Sports in China,??10. Traditional Chinese Martial Arts: The Naming and Development of Wushu,??11. Swedish Bandy and its Struggle with Modernity,??12. Playing for the Creator: Understanding the Indigenous Roots of Lacrosse,??Part IV -?Indigenizing the Modern: In Search of Myth, Ethos, and Symbol,??13. The Symbolism of Indigenous Sport Disciplines: Sami Sports and their Roots in Reindeer Husbandry,??14. Dragon Boat: A Traditional Asian Sport with a Modern Flair,??15. Beyond the Sweep: The Meanders of Capoeira as a Martial Art and Cultural Expression,??16. Between Modern Sport and Ethnic Essence: The Jai Alai of Global Capitalism, and the Pelota of the Basques