Essays about: "sports and empire"
Found 2 essays containing the words sports and empire.
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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 litteraturerAbstract : 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
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2. Mass evacuation - human behavior and crowd dynamics - What do we know?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : 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