Sports and The Global South: Work, Play and Resistance in Sri Lanka

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This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures. By explaining how the realm of social reproduction involving households and communities is integral for play and sports, the book challenges the market-driven ‘sports and development’ agenda while arguing for a ‘sports commons.’ By foregrounding issues of justice and care, the book highlights how struggles for recognition, redistribution and representation are central to reimagining sports within an alternative notion of work, play and resistance. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 1-23 The Spread of Sports Markets in the Global South (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 25-66 Sports Workers in Workplaces and Communities (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 67-105 Sports Revenues from Property Rights and Cities (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 107-136 The Role of Media in Sports Consumption (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 137-178 Development and Sports in Sri Lanka (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 179-217 Authoritarian Sports Cultures and Sports Workers (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 219-258 Changing Sports Through Resistance (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 259-298 Conclusion: Sports as Play and the Sports Commons (S. Janaka Biyanwila)....Pages 299-319 Back Matter ....Pages 321-375