Unit 4. Sporting: Mind, body & nation

Sports are specific to leisure activities in cultural traditions. Games and sports often travel from the point of origination to influence other cultural traditions. Some like cricket have been appropriated at the national level in India. The following essays explain the historical process of such transfers.

Essential readings:

• Stephan Hillyer Levitt, “Chess—Its South Asian Origin and Meaning”, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 72/73, No. 1/4, Amrtamahotsava (1917-1992), pp. 533-547.

• Phillip B. Zarrilli, “Three Bodies of Practice in a Traditional South Indian Martial Art”, Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 28, Issue 12 (1989), pp. 1289-1309.

• Ramchandra Guha, “Cricket and Politics in Colonial India”, Past & Present, Vol. 161/1”, pp. 155-190 (is available in Hindi).

Download:

• Stephan Hillyer Levitt, “Chess—Its South Asian Origin and Meaning", pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 1:55 AM

• P. B. Zarrilli, “Three Bodies of Practice in a Traditional South Indian Martial Art”, pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 1:55 AM

• Ramchandra Guha, “Cricket and Politics in Colonial India” , pdf Meenakshi Khanna, 8 Sept 2019, 1:56 AM