Sport and Postcolonialism (Global Sport Cultures)

compared With Modes Of Representation Such As Literature, Drama, Poetry And Dance, The World Of Sport Has Been Largely Neglected In Postcolonial Studies. At Both Local And Global Levels, However, Sport Has Been Profoundly Affected By The Colonial Legacy. How Are Individual Nations And Different Sporting Cultures Coping With This Legacy? What Does The End Of Colonialism Mean Within Particular States And Sports? How Is Postcolonialism Linked With Struggles Of Race And Identity? sport Was A Major Tool Of Colonial Power And Postcolonialism Manifests Itself In The Modern Sporting World In Several Ways, Including The Huge Number Of World Class Athletes From Former European Empires And The Exploitation Of Child-workers In Postcolonial Nations By The Sporting Goods Industries. Many Former Colonial States Place Considerable Importance On Elite Sport As A Form Of Representation, Yet A Small Number Of Such States Oppose Sport In Its Western Form. This Book Explores The Wealth Of Issues And Experiences That Comprise The Postcolonial Sporting World And Questions Whether Sport Can Act As A Form Of Resistance In Postcolonial States And, If So, How Such Resistance Might Manifest Itself In The Rule-bound Culture Of Sport.its Novel Approach And Topical Focus Makes This Book Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In Contemporary Sports, Postcolonialism, Race And Ethnic Studies. Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction: Sport and Postcolonialism......Page 10 1 The Last Night of the Poms: Australia as a Postcolonial Sporting Society?......Page 24 2 ‘Black’ Bodies – ‘White’ Codes: Indigenous Footballers, Racism and the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Code......Page 38 3 Sport, Indigenous Australians and Invader Dreaming: A Critique......Page 54 4 Making Strange the Country and Making Strange the Countryside: Spatialized Clashes in the Affective Economies of Aotearoa/New Zealand during the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour......Page 66 5 Sport, Postcolonialism and Modern China: Some Preliminary Thoughts......Page 82 6 ‘Paki Cheats!’ Postcolonial Tensions in England–Pakistan Cricket......Page 100 7 ‘When Gold is Fired It Shines’: Sport, the Imagination and the Body in Colonial and Postcolonial India......Page 116 8 ‘Theatre of Dreams’: Mimicry and Difference in Cape Flats Township......Page 132 9 The Postcolonial and the Level Playing-field in the 1998 World Cup......Page 156 10 Sport, Nationality and Postcolonialism in Ireland......Page 168 11 Football and FIFA in the Postcolonial World......Page 184 Bibliography......Page 206 F......Page 226 P......Page 227 Z......Page 228 9781859735442 Contents 6 Notes on Contributors 8 Introduction: Sport and Postcolonialism 10 1 The Last Night of the Poms: Australia as a Postcolonial Sporting Society? 24 2 ‘Black’ Bodies – ‘White’ Codes: Indigenous Footballers, Racism and the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Code 38 3 Sport, Indigenous Australians and Invader Dreaming: A Critique 54 4 Making Strange the Country and Making Strange the Countryside: Spatialized Clashes in the Affective Economies of Aotearoa/New Zealand during the 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour 66 5 Sport, Postcolonialism and Modern China: Some Preliminary Thoughts 82 6 ‘Paki Cheats!’ Postcolonial Tensions in England–Pakistan Cricket 100 7 ‘When Gold is Fired It Shines’: Sport, the Imagination and the Body in Colonial and Postcolonial India 116 8 ‘Theatre of Dreams’: Mimicry and Difference in Cape Flats Township 132 9 The Postcolonial and the Level Playing-field in the 1998 World Cup 156 10 Sport, Nationality and Postcolonialism in Ireland 168 11 Football and FIFA in the Postcolonial World 184 Bibliography 206 Index 226 A 226 B 226 C 226 D 226 E 226 F 226 G 227 H 227 I 227 J 227 K 227 L 227 M 227 N 227 O 227 P 227 R 228 S 228 T 228 V 228 W 228 Z 228 Sport was a major tool of colonial power, and postcolonialism manifests itself in the modern sporting world in several ways, including the huge number of world class athletes from former European empires and the exploitation of child-workers in postcolonial nations by the sporting goods industries. Many former colonial states place considerable importance on elite sport as a form of representation, yet a small number of such states oppose sport in its western form. This book explores the wealth of issues and experiences that comprise the postcolonial sporting world and questions whether sport can act as a form of resistance in postcolonial states and, if so, how such resistance might manifest itself in the rule-bound culture of sport. [from publisher's advertisement] Compared with modes of representation such as literature, drama, poetry and dance, the world of sport has been largely neglected in postcolonial studies. At both local and global levels, however, sport has been profoundly affected by the colonial leg acy. How are individual nations and different sporting cultures coping with this legacy? What does the end of colonialism mean within particular states and sports? How is postcolonialism linked with struggles of race and identity?Sport was a major to ol of colonial power and postcolonialism manifests itself in the modern sporting world in several