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Neoliberal Cricketing Subjects in Contemporary India: The State-Market Dichotomy in Two Cricket Movies
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2021-12-11 , DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n4.41
Rakesh Ramamoorthy ,

This essay examines the ways in which two popular cricket movies from India — the Hindi movie Iqbal (2005) and the Tamil movie Jeeva (2014) — validate the tenets of “roll-back neoliberalism” (Peck and Tickell 2002), an ideology that calls for the withdrawal of State-regulatedwelfare mechanisms in favour of free market capitalism. The protagonists of these movies are talented cricketers from underprivileged backgrounds, and they are excluded from regional and national teams by corrupt cricket board officials. This essay critiques a common story arc that these narratives share: the protagonists are quintessentially neoliberal entrepreneurial subjects who overcome the marginalization through adept exploitation of commercial potential of the sport. The argument is that the discursive delegitimization of State intervention in cricket, and the concomitant framing of the free market as a progressive and inclusive entity, are disempowering for the cricketing public. While a State-regulated sporting culture does have its exclusionary aspects, this essay contends, contrapuntally, that the neoliberal validation of the free-market rationale can be problematic in that it absolves the State of the responsibility of fostering an inclusive cricketing culture. This study thus offers a contingent and strategic endorsement of the Indian State’s intervention in the nation‘s cricketing cultures.

中文翻译:

当代印度的新自由主义板球主题:两部板球电影中的国家市场二分法

本文探讨了印度两部流行的板球电影——印地语电影伊克巴尔(2005 年)和泰米尔语电影吉瓦(2014 年)——验证“倒退新自由主义”(Peck 和 Tickell 2002 年)的信条的方式。呼吁退出有利于自由市场资本主义的国家监管福利机制。这些电影的主角是来自贫困背景的才华横溢的板球运动员,他们被腐败的板球委员会官员排除在地区和国家队之外。这篇文章批评了这些叙述所共有的一个共同的故事情节:主角是典型的新自由主义企业家主体,他们通过熟练地利用这项运动的商业潜力来克服边缘化。论点是,国家干预板球运动的话语合法化,以及随之而来的自由市场作为一个进步和包容的实体的框架,正在削弱板球运动的公众。虽然由国家监管的体育文化确实有其排斥性的方面,但本文认为,对自由市场原理的新自由主义验证可能存在问题,因为它免除了国家培养包容性板球文化的责任。因此,这项研究为印度政府干预该国的板球文化提供了偶然和战略性的支持。新自由主义对自由市场原理的认可可能存在问题,因为它免除了国家培养包容性板球文化的责任。因此,这项研究为印度政府干预该国的板球文化提供了偶然和战略性的支持。新自由主义对自由市场原理的认可可能存在问题,因为它免除了国家培养包容性板球文化的责任。因此,这项研究为印度政府干预该国的板球文化提供了偶然和战略性的支持。
更新日期:2021-12-11
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