Kenyan Running: Movement Culture, Geography, and Global Change

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Psychology Press, 1996 - 209 pagina's

1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History

The record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport. How significant really is Kenya in the world of sports? This book, the first to look in detail at the evolution and significance of a single sport in an African country, seeks to answer these and many other questions. Kenyan Running blends history, geography, sociology and anthropology in its quest to describe the emergence of Kenyan athletics from its pre-colonial traditions to its position in the modern world of globalized sport. The authors show the qualities of stamina and long distance running were recognized by early twentieth century travellers in east Africa and how modern running was imposed by colonial administrators and school teachers as a means of social control to replace the indigenous fold traditions.

 

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The significance of Kenyan running
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Antecedents of Kenyan sport
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Between folkgames and modern sport
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sport as a global system
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regions and myths
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Development underdevelopment resistance
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Bibliografische gegevens

TitelKenyan Running: Movement Culture, Geography, and Global Change
AuteursJohn Bale, Joe Sang
Editiegeïllustreerd, herdruk
UitgeverPsychology Press, 1996
ISBN0714646849, 9780714646848
Lengte209 pagina's
  
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