| Description |
x, 202 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Sport, racism and ethnicity / Grant Jarvie -- Cricket, carnival and street culture in the Caribbean / Richard D.E. Burton -- Sport, schooling and Asian male youth culture / Scott Fleming -- Sport, racism and young women / Tessa Lovell -- Sport festivals and race relations in the Northwest Territories of Canada / Vicky Paraschak -- Sport, racism and British society : a sociological study of England's élite male Afro/Caribbean soccer and rugby union players / Joe Maguire -- Athletics and academics : contrary or complementary activities? / Othello Harris -- Sport and the black experience / Jose Parry and Noel Parry -- Sport, popular struggle and South African culture / Grant Jarvie |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Sports Racism |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Discrimination in sports.
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Ethnic conflict.
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Ethnic relations.
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Minorities.
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Minorities in sports.
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Racism in sports.
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Racism.
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| Author |
Jarvie, Grant, 1955-
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| LC no. |
90025669 |
| ISBN |
1850009163 |
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1850009171 (paperback) |
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