By Dilwyn Porter, Adrian Smith
What's the dating among game and nationwide id? What can recreation let us know approximately altering perceptions of nationwide identification? Bringing jointly the paintings of tested historians and more youthful commentators, this illuminating textual content surveys the final half-century, giving due realization to where of recreation in our social and political historical past. It contains reports of: · English soccer and British decline · Englishness and activity · Ethnicity and nationalism in Scotland · Social swap and nationwide satisfaction in Wales · Irish foreign soccer and Irishness · activity and id in South Africa · Cricket and id difficulty within the Caribbean · Baseball, exceptionalism and American game · renowned mythology surrounding the wearing contention among New Zealand and Australia Sport and nationwide identification within the Post-War World provides a wealth of unique learn into modern social background and offers illuminating fabric for historians and sociologists alike.
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Quoted in The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, p. 229. L. Colley, Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837, London: Pimlico, 1992, p. 17. For an introduction to various aspects of northern English sport, see J. Hill and J. Williams (eds) Sport and Identity in the North of England, Keele: Keele University Press, 1996. C. Marshall, A. Vowles, R. Del Naja, A. Thaws, ‘Blue Lines’, on Massive Attack, Blue Lines, Circa Records, 1991. Z. Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin, 2000, pp. 233–4. E. Cashmore, Black Sportsmen, London: Routledge, 1982, pp.
Davies, The British Isles: A History, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999. 8 L. Allison, ‘Sport and nationalism’, in J. Coakley and E. Dunning (eds) Handbook of Sports Studies, London: Sage, 2000, p. 354. 9 B. Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London: Verso, 1991. For sport, nationalism, and national identity, an excellent brief overview is Allison, ‘Sport and nationalism’. See also A. Bairner, Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization: European and North American Perspectives, Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 2001.
35 The English non-specialist media may ignore the Gay Games, but this competition has given the chance for English people who would not be represented in mainstream sports the chance to compete. 36 For as long as the mainstream sports establishment and media remain – if only implicitly – hostile to gay men, this development has created a setting for a new form of national sporting identity. The growth of sporting opportunities for people with physical disabilities can also be seen in this context.