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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348224503321

Autore

Brabazon Tara

Titolo

Playing on the periphery : sport, identity and memory / / Tara Brabazon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge : , : New York, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-18637-1

1-134-18638-X

1-280-50629-6

9786610506293

0-203-09910-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Sport in the global society

Disciplina

306.483

Soggetti

Sports - Sociological aspects

Mass media and sports

Popular culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction: Back to the Boot Room; 1. We're not Really Here: 'Homes of Football' and Residents of Memory; 2. If Shearer Plays for England, So Can I: The National Football Museum and the Popular Cultural Problem; 3. They Think it's All Over but it Isn't; 4. You've Just Been Bounced at the WACA: Pitching a New Cricketing Culture; 5. Our Don and their Eddie; 6. Bending Memories Through Beckham; 7. On the Blacks' Back; Conclusion: Leaving the Boot Room; Notes

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Sommario/riassunto

Part of the Sport in the Global Society series, this innovative and creative text explores collective history, memory, and sport culture, tracking the passage of sports away from England. The author investigates why 'elite' English sports - such as rugby and cricket - became national sports in New Zealand and Australia, and asks why 'working class' English sports - such as football - have travelled less



well to these areas. Focusing on these sports, the author tracks narratives and myths, tracing the passage of colonial truths, behaviours and practices.Clearly defined