1st Edition
Scoring Off the Field Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80
By Kausik Bandyopadhyay
Copyright 2011
346 Pages
by
Routledge India
346 Pages
by
Routledge India
346 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book examines how football, as a mass spectator sport, came to represent a novel, unique cultural identity of Bengali people in terms of nation, community, region/locality and club, contributing to the continuity of everyday socio-cultural life. It explains how football became a viable popular social force with a rare emotional spontaneity and peculiar self-expressive fan culture against the... Read more
List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Culture of a ‘Masculine’ English Game in an ‘Effeminate’ Native Colony: Football in Bengal -- 2. From Imperialism to Nationalism: The Changing Culture of Soccer in Late Colonial Bengal -- 3. Communalism on the Maidan: Community and Identity in Bengali Football -- 4. Tussle in Football Administration: Bengal and the Regional Politics of Soccer in Colonial India -- 5. Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal: Social Confl ict, Club Rivalry and Supporters’ Culture in Bengali Football -- 6. Open Space, Stadium Imbroglio and Spectator Culture: Ground Realities of Bengali Soccer -- 7. Football, Literature and Performing Arts: Perceptions and Sensibilities Towards the Game -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Biography
Kausik Bandyopadhyay teaches History at West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal, India and is an Associate Editor of the journal Soccer and Society.
