Essays about: "sports and empire"

Found 2 essays containing the words sports and empire.

1. 1. Sports of Empire: Squash as Signifier in V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Timothy Kääriä; [2018-06-12]
   Keywords : engelska; Squash; V.S. Naipaul; A Bend in the River; postcolonial literature; postcolonial sports; Africa; sports in literature; sports and empire; English sports;

   Abstract : The protagonist of V.S. Naipaul’s 1979 novel A Bend in the River is an ethnic Indian living in Africa as part of an expatriate community of traders in the city at the bend in the river. He sympathises with the Western world, listens to BBC Radio, and tries very hard to distance himself and show himself as different from the native Africans. READ MORE

3. 2. Mass evacuation - human behavior and crowd dynamics - What do we know?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Author : Markus Friberg; Michael Hjelm; [2015]
   Keywords : Turbulence; stop-and-go waves; bottleneck; crowd crush; crowd disaster; sports ground; stadium; mass evacuation; human behavior; fire; guidelines; communication; simulation programs; pedestrian dynamics; Bradford City fire; Ibrox disaster; Hillsborough disaster; the Love Parade disaster; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The field of mass evacuation has existed for a long time. Already during the Roman Empire era evacuation problematic was considered. In modern times the field has gained more attention during the last couple of decades, especially for sports grounds and stadiums. READ MORE