Obstacle Race. Aborigines In Sport

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: New South Wales Univ Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: First Edition

Description: 408 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear and strong age marks on the inside pages, but still a presentable copy. Signed by Author

Publishers Description: "Of the 1200 people named in this book, perhaps only six were raised with access to equipment, training, travel and competition. The rest were either brought up in remote settlements where sport was abhorred or ignored, or taken from their parents and raised in assimilation homes. Men were often exploited as gladiators and entertainers, while women still receive less in the way of encouragement, facilities and access than any other sector of the Australian community." "As well as bringing to light many moving and inspiring individual stories, Colin Tatz puts the whole issue of Aboriginal sport in its historical, political, legal and philosophical context. The personal experiences mirror racial and social trends across the decades as Aborigines hurdle the continuing obstacles of racism and adversity - and their opponents." "Obstacle Race contains and abundance of sporting detail supported by a wealth of rare photographs."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

ISBN: 9780868403496