{"product_id":"sport-in-the-pacific-hardback","title":"Sport in the Pacific - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e is a comparative consideration of the modern movement of Pacific peoples and their physical pursuits across national and cultural boundaries. It covers Australia, Japan and the United States. Its contributors ensure a deeper understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific—particularly their social identities and cultural responses in the wake of the arrival of modern sport. \u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e comprises eight original contributions which analyze Polynesian and Abogirnal athletes and athletics in colonial and post-colonial contexts. Their analyses stress the importance of adaptation and appropriation, reinvention and revivialism, as well as diaspora and globalization. The volume will have three overlapping themes: change and continuity, cultural and transcultural power, and the complexity of race, gender, and national identity. \u003cem\u003eSport in the Pacific,\u003c\/em\u003e in short, compares the significance of modern sport in a largely ignored setting: the indigenous societies of the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was previously published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of the History of Sport.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546688020718,"sku":"9781138015876","price":193.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/sport-in-the-pacific-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}