Sports, Bodies, and Futures: An Epilogue

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dc.contributor.authorBesnier, Niko
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-02T18:59:57Z
dc.date.available2015-09-02T18:59:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractSince their invention in mid-nineteenth century Britain, modern sports have traveled: first, as they were exported to all regions of the world, often piggybacking on colonial projects; second, as sports are often brought to troubled economies and states in the context of development and reconciliation projects; and third, as athletes moved across national and other borders to play and seek a livelihood by playing. Athlete mobility is more alive than ever in the contemporary world, and Pacific Islanders’ participation in this mobility is disproportionate to the visibility of their nations on the global stage. Understanding the meaning of sport in the region, however, raises important questions whose implications reach beyond the confines of sport: the workings of power in a world in which bodies become commodities; the conflicts that arise between different epistemologies of development and resource use; and the clashes between different conceptualizations of the future.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.citationBesnier, N. 2014. Sports, Bodies, and Futures: An Epilogue. The Contemporary Pacific 26 (2): 435-444.
dc.identifier.issn1043-898X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/36721
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai‘i Press
dc.publisherCenter for Pacific Islands Studies
dc.subjectsport
dc.subjectbody
dc.subjectfuture
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.subjectmobility
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.subject.lcshOceania -- Periodicals
dc.titleSports, Bodies, and Futures: An Epilogue
dc.typeArticle
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