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Rugby and the South African Nation
David Ross BlackJohn Nauright
其他書名
Sport, Cultures, Politics, and Power in the Old and New South Africas
出版Manchester University Press, 1998
主題History / GeneralHistory / Africa / South / Republic of South AfricaPolitical Science / History & TheorySocial Science / Race & Ethnic RelationsSports & Recreation / GeneralSports & Recreation / HistorySports & Recreation / RugbySports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects
ISBN07190493269780719049323
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kHi7AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Rugby and the South African Nation explores the complex and controversial role of rugby union in the politics and cultures of South Africa, from its emergence as a settler dominion in the early twentieth century through to the post-apartheid era. Conventional historical and political analyses of South Africa have frequently neglected the vital role of sport in general, and rugby in particular, in this fascinating society. This book seeks to fill this gap through a critical interpretation of rugby's role in the development of white society, its virtually ignored role in African communities, its role in shaping significant social divisions and its centrality to the apartheid era "power elite." It also considers the powerful influence of international rugby in forging a racist "national' identity." Finally, it examines the varying meanings attached to rugby in the new South Africa from broad euphoria to a more narrow nostalgic appeal for many white rugby supporters with particular emphasis on the 1995 Rugby World Cup hosted and won by South Africa.--Publisher description.