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Title Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada : Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues / edited by Janice Forsyth and Audrey R. Giles
Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Contents Part 1: Historical Perspectives on Aboriginal Peoples in Sport and Recreation -- 1 Bodies of Meaning: Sports and Games at Canadian Residential Schools / Janice Forsyth -- 2 Indigenous Peoples and Canadian-Hosted Olympic Games / Christine M. O'bonsawin -- 3 Toward a History of Aboriginal Women in Canadian Sport / M. Ann Hall
Summary "The study of sport within the context of Aboriginal society and culture in Canada offers valuable insight into the impact of sport on a number of wider issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples, both within and outside of their communities. Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada uses sport as a lens through which to examine issues such as individual and community health, gender and race relations, culture and colonialism, and self-determination and agency
In this groundbreaking volume, leading scholars offer a multidisciplinary perspective on issues such as the clashing cultural imperatives that discourage Aboriginal athletes from participating at the national level; whether their needs are well served by the cultural values of sports psychology; and how unequal power relations influence the ability of different groups of Aboriginal people to implement their own visions for sport. The diverse analyses illuminate how Aboriginal people employ sport as a venue through which to assert their cultural identities and find a positive space for themselves and upcoming generations in contemporary Canadian society."--Pub. desc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Sports -- Canada
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions
Indigenous peoples -- Sports -- Social aspects -- Canada
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions
Ursprungsbefolkningar -- sociala aspekter.
Idrott -- sociala aspekter.
Idrott -- politiska aspekter.
Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Forsyth, Janice (Researcher of Indigenous sports)
Giles, Audrey R
LC no. 2013409291
ISBN 9780774824224
0774824220
9780774824200
0774824204
9780774824231
0774824239
1283754126
9781283754125