Sport Past and Present in South Africa
This book provides an interpretation of sport in contemporary South Africa through an historical account of the evolution and social ramifications of sport in the twentieth century. It comprises chapters which trace the growth of sports such as football, cricket, surfing, boxing and rugby, and considers their relationship to aspects of racial identity, masculinity, femininity, political and social development in the country. The book also draws out the wider geo-political significance of South African sport, placing it in the context of the development of sport both elsewhere on the African continent and internationally. The history of sport has seen significant international growth over the past few decades. For the most part, however, the history of sport in Africa has remained largely untraced. By detailing the way in which sports development in South Africa overlapped with major socio-political processes on the wider African continent, this volume seeks to narrow the gap.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Scarlett Cornelissen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Albert Grundlingh is Professor of History at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Sport Past and Present in South Africa
(Trans)forming the Nation
Edited by
Scarlet Cornelissen and Albert Grundlingh
First published 2012
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The publisher would like to make readers aware that the chapters in this book are referred to as articles as they had been in the special issue. The publisher accepts responsibility for any inconsistencies that may have arisen in the course of preparing this volume for print.
On January 1, 2010 Sport in the Global Society, created by Professor J.A. Mangan in 1997, was divided into two parts: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Perspectives. These new categories involve predominant rather than exclusive emphases. The past is part of the present and the present is part of the past. The Editors of Historical Perspectives are Mark Dyreson and Thierry Terret.
The reasons for the division are straightforward. SGS has expanded rapidly since its creation with over one hundred publications in some twelve years. Its editorial teams will now benefit from sectional specialist interests and expertise. Historical Perspectives draws on IJHS monograph reviews, themed collections and conference/workshop collections. It is, of course, international in content.
Historical Perspectives continues the tradition established by the original incarnation of Sport in the Global Society by promoting the academic study of one of the most significant and dynamic forces in shaping the historical landscapes of human cultures. Sport spans the contemporary globe. It captivates vast audiences. It defines, alters, and reinforces identities for individuals, communities, nations, empires, and the world. Sport organizes memories and perceptions, arouses passions and tensions, and reveals harmonies and cleavages. It builds and blurs social boundaries, animating discourses about class, gender, race, and ethnicity. Sport opens new vistas on the history of human cultures, intersecting with politics and economics, ideologies and theologies. It reveals aesthetic tastes and energizes consumer markets.
By the end of the twentieth century a critical mass of scholars recognized the importance of sport in their analyses of human experiences and Sport in the Global Society emerged to provide an international outlet for the worlds leading investigators of the subject. As Professor Mangan contended in the original series foreword: The story of modern sport is the story of the modern worldin microcosm; a modern global tapestry permanently being woven. Furthermore, nationalist and imperialist, philosopher and politician, radical and conservative have all sought in sport a manifestation of national identity, status and superiority. Finally for countless millions sport is the personal pursuit of ambition, assertion, well-being and enjoyment.
Sport in the Global Society: Historical Perspectives continues the project, building on previous work in the serious and excavating new terrain. It remains a consistent and coherent response to the attention the academic community demands for the serious study of sport.
Mark Dyreson
Thierry Terret
SPORT IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Series Editors: Mark Dyreson and Thierry Terret
SPORT PAST AND PRESENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
(Trans)forming the Nation
Series Editors: Mark Dyreson and Thierry Terret
Titles in the Series
Encoding the Olympics
The Beijing Olympic Games and the Communication Impact Worldwide
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From Europe to America
Edited by Gertrud Pfister
Manufactured Masculinity
Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism
J.A. Mangan
Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism
Blooding The Martial Male
J.A. Mangan and Callum McKenzie
Post-Beijing 2008: Geopolitics, Sport and the Pacific Rim
Edited by J.A. Mangan and Fan Hong
Representing the Nation
Sport and Spectacle in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Claire and Keith Brewster
Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games
Matthew Llewellyn
Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern Greece
Edited by Eleni Fournaraki and Zinon Papakonstantinou
Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World
New Perspectives
Edited by Zinon Papakonstantinou
Sport in the Pacific
Colonial and Postcolonial Consequencies
Edited by C. Richard King
Sport Past and Present in South Africa
(Trans)forming the Nation
Edited by Scarlet Cornelissen and Albert Grundlingh
The Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929-1939
Politicians in Pursuit of Peace
Penelope Kissoudi
