The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies

by Michael A Malec

Overview

First Published in 2004. Caribbean Studies publishes the research of academic scholars working within the region, as well as Caribbeanists working internationally. Little has been written about sports in the Caribbean from the perspectives of the social sciences. In this volume, scholars from the fields of anthropology, economics, government, and sociology cast their critical eyes on the social institution of sport as it exists in the Caribbean. Baseball, basketball, cricket, football, horse racing, and other sports are examined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782884491358
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/17/1995
Series:	Caribbean Studies Series , #9
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michaeal A Malec Boston College, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Neglected Fields: Sports in the Caribbean, Michael A. Malec; Chapter 2 Cricket, Colonialism, and the Culture of Caribbean Politics, Kevin A. Yelvington; Chapter 3 West Indian Cricket as Cultural Resistance, Maurice St. Pierre; Chapter 4 Ideologies of West Indian Cricket, Christine Cummings; Chapter 5 Gender Inequality, Sport, and Professional Achievement in Jamaica, Beverley J. Anderson; Chapter 6 Headcase, Headstrong, and Head-of-the-Class: Resocialization and Labelling in Dominican Baseball, Alan M. Klein; Chapter 7 A Parkboy Remembers Colts, Products of a Subculture of Sport, Roy L. Austin; Chapter 8 Conflict, Continuity and Change in the Organization of Sport in a Trinidad Community, Roy Dereck McCree; Chapter 9 Open Cultural Space: Grassroots Basketball in the English-Speaking Caribbean, Jay R. Mandle, Joan D. Mandle; Chapter 10 The Making and Remaking of White Lightning in Cuba: Politics, Sport, and Physical Education after the Revolution, John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson, Eamon McCartan; Chapter 11 “And They’re Off”: Sport and the Maintenance of Community in St. Croix, John R. Mitrano, Robbin E. Smith;