Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora

by Dimeo; Paul

• ISBN13: 9780714681702
• ISBN10: 0714681709
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume brings together experts from around the world and from the football industry to focus on south Asian football. The book traces the history, achievments and prospects of football both in south Asia and among ex-patriate Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK Asians in the organization of the Indian game are considered. Future scenarios are explored and models for progression and problems facing the sport in south Asia are outlined.

Author Biography

Paul Dimeo is Lecturer in Sports Studies at University College Northampton. He has published a range of articles on racism in Scottish football. He is currently researching the social history of football in south Asia James Mills is Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde. He has written articles and books on the social history of colonialism in south Asia. He is working on a history of drugs in India with the financial support of the Wellcome Trust and the British Academy

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	vi
Acknowledgements	vii
Foreword	ix
Keith Cooper
Series Editor's Foreword	xi
J.A. Mangan
Introduction: Empire, Nation, Diaspora	1	(16)
James Mills
Paul Dimeo
Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889--2000	17	(24)
Novy Kapadia
Soccer as Moral Training: Missionary Intentions and Imperial Legacies	41	(16)
J.A. Mangan
Football and Politics in Bengal: Colonialism, Nationalism, Communalism	57	(18)
Paul Dimeo
Football in Goa: Sport, Politics and the Portuguese in India	75	(14)
James Mills
'Kicking the Buddha's Head': India, Tibet and Footballing Colonialism	89	(16)
Alex McKay
The Corporates and the Game: Football in India and the Conflicts of the 1990s	105	(23)
Mario Rodrigues
'There Are Such Talents in India': Future Footballers of India--Problems and Possibilities	128	(18)
Bill Adams
Talent Identification and Development in Indian Football	146	(16)
John Hammond
Conclusion: Soccer in South Asia--Past, Present and Future	162	(9)
Paul Dimeo
James Mills
Select Bibliography	171	(3)
Notes on Contributors	174	(2)
Index	176