Sport, Racism, and Ethnicity

by Jarvie, Grant

• ISBN13: 9781850009160
• ISBN10: 1850009163
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Falmer Pr

Summary

Considers racism experienced by athletes in South Africa, the Caribbean, Canada and the USA as well as in Britain. The contributors examine topics such as how cricket in the Caribbean has stimulated national and racial self-consciousness and to what extent women are accommodated in sport in Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction Sport, Racism and Ethnicity	p. 1
Cricket, Carnival and Street Culture in the Caribbean	p. 7
Sport, Schooling and Asian Male Youth Culture	p. 30
Sport, Racism and Young Women	p. 58
Sport Festivals and Race Relations in the Northwest Territories of Canada	p. 74
Sport, Racism and British Society: a Sociological Study of England's ÉLite Male Afro/Caribbean Soccer and Rugby Union Players	p. 94
Athletics and Academics: Contrary or Complementary Activities?	p. 124
Sport and the Black Experience	p. 150
Sport, Popular Struggle and South African Culture	p. 175
Author Index	p. 193
Subject Index	p. 196
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