Sport and National Identities: Globalization and Conflict

ISBN-13: 9781138697768 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 254 str.

Paddy Dolan; John Connolly

Opis

While globalisation processes have undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the significance of 'the nation' has remained. This book examines the continuing but contested relevance of national identities in sport in the context of globalising forces. It examines how national, state and global identifications are invoked and contested through sporting structures and practices in the past and in the present. Sport is addressed not only as a reflection of national rivalries, but also as a changing cultural tradition that facilities the reimagining of borders and boundaries. Presenting a series of international case studies, this book examines sport in divided societies, former global empires, and aspirational nations within federal states.

Spis treści

1. Contested and Contingent National Identifications in Sport [Paddy Dolan and John Connolly]  Part 1: Sporting Politics, Contested Identities and Organisational Governance  2. Sports Policy Between State Intervention and Sports Autonomy: Consents and Conflicts of the Spanish Sports Policy [Ninja Putzmann]  3. Sport as a Pillar of Representation of the Current Basque Identity [Ekain Rojo-Labaien]  4. Politics and Identity in European Football: Cyprus in Comparative Context [Christos Kassimeris and Charis Xinari]  5. Partition in Irish Sport During the 1950s [Cormac Moore]  Part 2: Media Representations, Sport and National Identities  6. Constructing the Nation Through Sports News on Catalan Television [Albert Juncà Pujol and Eduard Inglés Yuba]  7. No Boarders: Post-National Identity and the Surfing Subculture in Ireland [Stephen Boyd]  8. Confronting America: Black Commercial Aesthetics, Athlete Activism and the Nation Reconsidered [Ronald L. Mower, Jacob J. Bustad and David L. Andrews]  Part 3: Sporting Nationalisms and Interstate Power Relations  9. Beaten at Their Own Game? A Study of British Football Power [Paul Tchir]  10. Association Football, the Armed Forces and Invisible Nationalism in Britain [Roger Penn]  11. Sporting Spectacle, 9/11 and the Reconstitution of the American Nation [Michael Silk]  12. Shaolin Kung Fu, Chan Buddhism and National Identity [Lu Zhouxiang]  13. Sport and the Politics of National Identity in the Two Chinas [Alan Bairner]