Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building : : Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond / / Eivind Å. Skille.

• VerfasserIn: Skille, Eivind Å.,
• Place / Publishing House: Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : : Taylor & Francis,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 170 pages) :; illustrations some color

This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Smi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern wor...

Table of Contents

• Indigenous sport and nation-building : setting the scene
• Nation-building and Indigenous sport : a global phenomenon
• Contextualization of research field and positioning of the researcher
• Indigenous sport clubs in core Indigenous areas
• Indigenous sport clubs outside core areas States, nations, and Indigenous sport
• Communities and conventions in Indigenous sport
• Nation-building and Indigenous sport : lessons learned.