Scoring Off The Field Football Culture In Bengal 1911-80

This Book Examines How Football, As A Mass Spectator Sport, Came To Represent A Novel, Unique Cultural Identity Of Bengali People In Terms Of Nation, Community, Regionlocality And Club, Contributing To The Continuity Of Everyday Socio-cultural Life. It Explains How Football Became A Viable Popular Social Force With A Rare Emotional Spontaneity And Peculiar Self-expressive Fan Culture Against The Background Of Anti-imperial Nationalist Movement And Postcolonial Political Tension And Social Transformation. In The Process, It Investigates Certain Key Questions And Problems In The Social History Of Football In Bengal, Which Have Hitherto Been Ignored In The Existing Works On The Subject.the Author Offers Some Original Arguments In Treating Football As A Cultural Phenomenon, Setting It Squarely In The Context Of Bengali Politics And Society.