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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Spread of Sports Markets in the Global South
• 3. Sports Workers in Workplaces and Communities
• 4. Sports Revenue from Property Rights and Cities
• 5. The Role of Media in Sports Consumption
• 6. Development and Sports in Sri Lanka
• 7. Authoritarian Sports Cultures and Sports Workers
• 8. Changing Sports Through Resistance
• 9. Conclusions: Sports as Play and the Sports Commons.