We, the Editors and Publisher of Sport in Society have retracted the following article:
Article title: From courtyard sport to competitive sport: evolution of wrestling in colonial Bengal
Author: A. Chatterjee
Journal: Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
Citation information: Volume 18, Number 1, pages 1–16
Version of Record Published Online: 22 May 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2014.919258
The reason for retraction is significant overlap with the following previously published sources, which include the author’s own work, without appropriate acknowledgement:
Joseph S. Alter (1993), The Body of One Color: Indian Wrestling, the Indian State, and Utopian Somatics. Cultural Anthropology, 8:1, pages 49–72.
Amitava Chatterjee (2015), The Man Arrives: Breaking Off the Notion of Effeminacy in Colonial Bengal. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 32:3, pages 409–421.
Boria Majumdar (2006), Cricket in colonial Bengal (1880-1947): A lost history of nationalism. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 23:6, pages 960–990.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.