| Description |
xiv, 251 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Caribbean studies, 0275-5793 ; v. 9 |
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Caribbean studies ; v. 9
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Neglected Fields: Sports in the Caribbean / Michael A. Malec -- Ch. 2. Cricket, Colonialism, and the Culture of Caribbean Politics / Kevin A. Yelvington -- Ch. 3. West Indian Cricket as Cultural Resistance / Maurice St. Pierre -- Ch. 4. Ideologies of West Indian Cricket / Christine Cummings -- Ch. 5. Gender, Inequality, Sport, and Professional Achievement in Jamaica / Beverley J. Anderson -- Ch. 6. Headcase, Headstrong, and Head-of-the-Class: Resocialization and Labelling in Dominican Baseball / Alan M. Klein -- Ch. 7. A Parkboy Remembers Colts, Products of a Subculture of Sport / Roy L. Austin -- Ch. 8. Wither Jets, Hawks, and Civic? Conflict, Continuity, and Change in the Organization of Sport in a Trinidad Community: The Case of Port Fortin, 1970-1993 / Roy Derek McCree -- Ch. 9. Open Cultural Space: Grassroots Basketball in the English-Speaking Caribbean / Jay R. Mandle and Joan D. Mandle |
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Ch. 10. The Making and Remaking of White Lightning in Cuba: Politics, Sport, and Physical Education Thirty Years after the Revolution / John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson and Eamon McCartan -- Ch. 11. "And They're Off": Sport and the Maintenance of Community in St. Croix / John R. Mitrano and Robbin E. Smith |
| Notes |
"Originally published in 1990 in volume 14, number 1 of The arena revue, Boston College, Massachusetts"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Cricket -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
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Sports -- Caribbean Area.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area.
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Sports -- Caribbean Area -- Sociological aspects.
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Sports -- West Indies -- Sociological aspects.
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| Author |
Malec, Michael A.
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| LC no. |
99458375 |
| ISBN |
2884491341 |
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288449135X (paperback) |
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