{"product_id":"sport-in-the-pacific-colonial-and-postcolonial-consequences-9781138015876","title":"Sport in the Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): C Richard King\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cultural \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e is a comparative consideration of the modern movement of Pacific peoples and their physical pursuits across national and cultural boundaries. It covers Australia, Japan and the United States. Its contributors ensure a deeper understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific--particularly their social identities and cultural responses in the wake of the arrival of modern sport. \u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e comprises eight original contributions which analyze Polynesian and Abogirnal athletes and athletics in colonial and post-colonial contexts. Their analyses stress the importance of adaptation and appropriation, reinvention and revivialism, as well as diaspora and globalization. The volume will have three overlapping themes: change and continuity, cultural and transcultural power, and the complexity of race, gender, and national identity. \u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific, \u003c\/em\u003e in short, compares the significance of modern sport in a largely ignored setting: the indigenous societies of the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was previously published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of the History of Sport.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45236588970135,"sku":"9781138015876","price":10791.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138015876.webp?v=1769213656","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sport-in-the-pacific-colonial-and-postcolonial-consequences-9781138015876","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}