Jallikattu
Post-Humanistic Coefficients and Coloniality in South Asia’s Ergic Sport
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11677141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Java Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-48 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-9527 • E-ISSN: 2573-9476 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02759527.2017.12002549 |
| OpenAlex | W2980705959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Jallikattu, a bull taming sport held during the Tamil harvest festival of Pongal, claimed national headlines at the start of this year. Mass protests erupted all over the state of Tamil Nadu against the decision of the Supreme Court of India confirming the two-year-old ban on the sport. This article unpacks stake-holder attitudes imbricated in Jallikattu through Victor Turner’s framework for processual analysis of ‘social drama.’ By following Turner’s stages for understanding significant “irregular” changes in society the article explores the potency of Jallikattu as a root metaphor for larger socio-political-juridical tensions. A possible source of these tensions lies is in what Ánibal Quijano terms ‘coloniality’ and Robert JC Young refers to as ‘deep colonialism.’ The regional location of the sport in South India resonates with Walter Mignolo’s understanding of the Global South-an entity where emancipatory and decolonial forces do not acquiesce with global designs
Art · Colonialism · Drama · Humanism · Literature · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tamil · Theology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |