'Race', Sport and British Society

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 19
Acknowledgements PAUL GILROY (YALE UNIVERSITY, USA)......Page 22
Introduction: 'Race', sport and British society BEN CARRINGTON AND IAN McDONALD......Page 24
Racism, national identity and Scottish football PAUL DIMEO AND GERRY P.T. FINN......Page 52
Whose game is it anyway? Racism in local league cricket BEN CARRINGTON AND IAN McDONALD......Page 72
'Black Pearl, Black Diamonds': Exploring racial identities in rugby league KARL SPRACKLEN......Page 93
'Lions and black skins': Race, nation and local patriotism in football LES BACK, TIM CRABBE, AND JOHN SOLOMOS......Page 106
Racial science and South Asian and black physicality SCOTT FLEMING......Page 128
In search of the unequivocal Englishman: The conundrum of race and nation in English cricket MIKE MARQUSEE......Page 144
Sport, racism and the limits of 'colour blind' law SIMON GARDINER AND ROGER WELCH......Page 156
Challenging discourses/Contesting identities......Page 174
Playing their own game: A South Asian football experience SANJIEV JOHAL......Page 176
Reconceptualizing race, gender and sport: The contribution of black feminism SHEILA SCRATON......Page 193
Notes from the sports desk: Reflections on race, class and gender in British sports journalism EMMA LINDSEY......Page 211
Pitch of life: Re-reading C.L.R. James' Beyond a Boundary CHRIS SEARLE......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 238
Author index......Page 240
Subject index......Page 246