Sports and The Global South Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka /

• Main Author: Biyanwila, S. Janaka (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Global Culture and Sport Series,
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Culture.; Economic sociology.; Industrial sociology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sociology of Culture.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Sociology of Work.

This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of 'sportive nationalism,' promoting sports markets in the Gl...