Sport in Australasian Society: Past and Present

by Mangan; J.A.

• ISBN13: 9780714650609
• ISBN10: 0714650609
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As Sydney prepares to host the 2000 Olympic games, this study assesses the cultural impact of sport on the Australasian countries. Here, as in other parts of the world, sport is taken as an assertion of both individual and group identity, a demonstration of modernity and a source of personal, local and regional esteem. This collection explores the political, social and aesthetic influence of modern sport, attitudes to the body and the evolution of specific Australasian visions of sport.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	vii
J.A. Mangan
Prologue: Sport and Past Australasian Culture	1	(10)
Stuart Macintyre
PART 1: SPORT IN EARLIER ANTIPODEAN SOCIETY
Manly and Moral: The Making of Middle-Class Men in the Australian Public Schools	11	(20)
Martin Crotty
A Pioneer of the Proletariat: Herbert Milnes and the Games Cult in New Zealand	31	(18)
J.A. Mangan
Colm Hickey
Gender Associations: Sport, State Schools and Australian Culture	49	(16)
David Kirk
The `Green' and the `Gold': The Irish-Australians and their Role in the Emergence of the Australian Sports Culture	65	(28)
Peter A. Horton
`They Play in Your Home': Cricket, Media and Modernity in Pre-war Australia	93	(18)
Frazer Andrewes
`Ladies are Specially Invited': Women in the Culture of Australian Rules Football	111	(31)
Rob Hess
In Pursuit of Status, Respectability and Idealism: Pioneers of the Olympic Movement in Australasia	142	(25)
Ian Jobling
PART 2: SPORT IN LATER ANTIPODEAN SOCIETY
Surf Lifesaving: The Development of an Australasian `Sport'	167	(21)
Douglas Booth
Women's Sports and Embodiment in Australia and New Zealand	188	(18)
Angela Burroughs
John Nauright
Conflict, Tensions and Complexities: Athletic Training in Australia in the 1950s	206	(19)
Murray Phillips
Frank Hicks
From a Club to a Corporate Game: The Changing Face of Australian Football, 1960-1999	225	(30)
Ian Andrews
Football as Social Critique: Protest Movements, Rugby and History in Aotearoa, New Zealand	255	(23)
Malcolm MacLean
Australian Sport in a Postmodern Age	278	(27)
Bob Stewart
Aaron Smith
The Reinvention of Australia for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games	305	(18)
Tara Magdalinski
Epilogue: Sport and Future Australasian Culture	323	(10)
Jock Phillips
Select Bibliography	333	(8)
Notes on Contributors	341	(4)
Abstracts	345	(8)
Index	353