| Description |
xiii, 226 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cass series--sport in the global society, 1368-9789 ; 6
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| Note |
Special issue of Immigrants & minorities, vol. 173, no. 1, March 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Sports and ethnicity : some introductory remarks / Mike Cronin and David Mayall -- Conformity, diversity and difference in antipodean physical culture : the indelible influence of immigration, ethnicity and race during the formative years of organized sport in Australia, c.1788-1918 / Daryl Adair -- Croatia : community, conflict and culture : the role of soccer clubs in migrant identity / Roy Hay -- Basketball as cultural capital : the original Celtics in early twentieth-century New York City / Murry R. Nelson -- Race, nation and authenticity of identity : interrograting the 'everywhere' man (Michael Jordan) and the 'nowhere' man (Ben Johnson) / Steven J. Jackson, David L. Andrews and Cheryl Cole -- Global sports and patriot games : Rugby Union and national identity in a united sporting kingdom since 1945 / Joseph Maguire and Jason Tuck -- Sport and the contestation of cultural and ethnic identities in Scottish society / Joseph M. Bradley -- Racial minorities in a marginalized sport : race, discrimination and integration in British Rugby League football / Tony Collins -- 'When the World Soccer Cup is played on roller skates' : the attempt to make Gaelic Games international : the Meath-Australia matches of 1967-68 / Mike Cronin -- Braveheart betrayed? : cultural cloning for colonial careers / J. A. Mangan. |
| Subject |
Nationalism and sports.
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Ethnicity.
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Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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| Added Author |
Cronin, Mike.
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Mayall, David.
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| Added Title |
Immigrants & minorities. Vol. 17, no. 1 (Special issue)
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| ISBN |
0714648965 (alk. paper) |
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0714644498 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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