Brian Stoddart
Biographic Data
| ID | 284672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Stoddart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Stoddart |
| SIGNATURE | STODDART B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The imperial game
This anthology examines the fortunes of cricket in various colonies as the sport spread across the British Empire. It helps to explain why cricket was so successful, even in places like India, Pakistan and the West Indies where the Anglo-Saxon element remained in a small minority. It demonstrates, perhaps better than any other single work, how awesome was the power of cultural imperialism. Even when former subjects threw off the political yoke of…
Jnu
As India strives increasingly to become a ‘global player’ as demonstrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s international rock star tours, the outside world becomes increasingly interested in the i
Cricket and the Radical
Cricket is normally construed as a socially and politically conservative game based upon its origins in the English aristocracy and later the middle class. This article provides insight into areas where the more radical turn has been present in cricket, either through individuals or through collectives at different points in the game's history. The conclusion is that, for the most part, these exceptions prove the rule of cricket's essential conse…
Sport, Culture and History
Sport, Culture and History
Lives from the archives
Land, Water, Language and Politics in Andhra
This book explains how access to and use of land, water and language helped shape Andhra politics in India from 1850 down to the present day. After independence, the debate over land reform and policies on irrigation has shaped the fortunes of various governments, while the debate over the make-up of the language-based state has stimulated separatist movements like the one in support of Telangana. The book discusses how British innovations in irr…
Water, land, language and politics in coastal Andhra, 1850–1925
When East India Company directors in the 1840s approved construction of the Kistna–Godavari irrigation scheme in south-east India, they could scarcely have imagined the huge social, economic and political changes it would bring to coastal Andhra. The politics of water and land as it emerged in the following decades involved transforming the area's outlook on local aspirations, regional connections, opportunities created because of prosperity and …
Kenneth McPherson, 1944-2010
Kenneth McPherson (1944–2010)
Kenneth McPherson, whose death has occurred in Perth, was destined to write about both India and the sea, and in doing so became an eminent historian of India's Muslim communities and an internatio
The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian relations
Cricket has become central to Indo-Australian relations in recent years. Not only in diplomatic rhetoric, but in the broader imaginations of each the other too, cricket has provided the template upon which to base mutual understanding. The two countries have often referred to and used cricket as both a metaphor and an idiom by which to mutually relate to each other. However the approaches to cricket as social practice are distinct in each of the …
Sport, Cultural Politics and International Relations
This paper follows the political evaluations conducted within British official circles concerning the 1935 England‐Germany football match, revealing the difficulties faced by those authorities in dealing with both German foreign policy and domestic public opinion
Sport, Colonialism and Struggle
C.L.R. James was born in Trinidad in 1901 (the same year as Chairman Mao) and died in London in 1989. During an intellectually rich life he witnessed a myriad of events that interacted to produce in him a unique standpoint on life, art, sport and politics (Buhle, 1986; Stoddart, 1990; Worcester, 1996). He was influenced by the birth and demise of the Soviet Empire. was marked by the revelations about Stalinism. observed the zenith and the disinte…
Identity spin
(2000). Identity spin: Imagined cultures in Australian and Indian cricket. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 23, Midnight to Millennium: Australia‐India Interconnections, pp. 63-74
Convergence
This article argues that the apparent rise to dominance of global sports media systems, such as that being constructed by Rupert Murdoch, is simply the beginning of a more complex process in which those systems are conjoined with telephony and computer networks to provide a new array of choice for the sports consumer. In turn, that raises the opportunity for individual consumers to take more control of their consumption patterns through their pot…
Outsiders in the Clubhouse
Australian Popular Culture
Sport, Television, Interpretation, and Practice Reconsidered
C.L.R. James
Wide World of Golf
This research note argues that while golf is perhaps the most socially pervasive of games on a global scale, its social contours have been ignored by academic analysts. The paper isolates three themes as being likely avenues for further investigation: environmental issues, the internationalization of golf and its economy, and social access to participation. By virtue of its heavy demands on natural resources of land and water, golf is rapidly bec…
Sport in the Social Construct of the Lesser Developed World
This paper responds to the Klein and Mandle papers, placing them in the context of a growing literature. It argues that noncustomary sports practices need to be examined in their own cultural settings rather than from the standards of the developed world. It refers to issues of ethnographic practice, and argues that the richest understandings will proceed from crossdisciplinary reference to fields such as history and anthropology
Sport, Cultural Imperialism, and Colonial Response in the British Empire
Throughout the vast literature on British and general imperialism, the emphasis is largely upon the winning, then subsequent loss, of political control by the imperial power in colonial settings. Consequently, debate about the accession to that power has revolved largely about the great triad of considerations: economic necessity, strategic calculation, and civilising zeal. Similarly, discussion of emergent nationalist movements has hinged upon r…
Caribbean Cricket
On 29 June 1950 a team of cricketers playing as the 'West Indies' beat England in a test match for the first time since their accession to international status in 1928. The victory was all the more historic for being recorded at Lord's, the London ground dubbed the Cathedral of Cricket.1 As the last English wicket fell to produce the win, those at the ground witnessed a 'rush of West Indian supporters, one armed with an instrument of the guitar f…
The elite schools and cricket in barbados
Area notes
Sport, Cultural Imperialism, and Colonial Response in the British Empire
Throughout the vast literature on British and general imperialism, the emphasis is largely upon the winning, then subsequent loss, of political control by the imperial power in colonial settings. Consequently, debate about the accession to that power has revolved largely about the great triad of considerations: economic necessity, strategic calculation, and civilising zeal. Similarly, discussion of emergent nationalist movements has hinged upon r…
Sport, Television, Interpretation, and Practice Reconsidered
Wide World of Golf
This research note argues that while golf is perhaps the most socially pervasive of games on a global scale, its social contours have been ignored by academic analysts. The paper isolates three themes as being likely avenues for further investigation: environmental issues, the internationalization of golf and its economy, and social access to participation. By virtue of its heavy demands on natural resources of land and water, golf is rapidly bec…
Caribbean Cricket
On 29 June 1950 a team of cricketers playing as the 'West Indies' beat England in a test match for the first time since their accession to international status in 1928. The victory was all the more historic for being recorded at Lord's, the London ground dubbed the Cathedral of Cricket.1 As the last English wicket fell to produce the win, those at the ground witnessed a 'rush of West Indian supporters, one armed with an instrument of the guitar f…
Convergence
This article argues that the apparent rise to dominance of global sports media systems, such as that being constructed by Rupert Murdoch, is simply the beginning of a more complex process in which those systems are conjoined with telephony and computer networks to provide a new array of choice for the sports consumer. In turn, that raises the opportunity for individual consumers to take more control of their consumption patterns through their pot…
Sport, Cultural Politics and International Relations
This paper follows the political evaluations conducted within British official circles concerning the 1935 England‐Germany football match, revealing the difficulties faced by those authorities in dealing with both German foreign policy and domestic public opinion
The elite schools and cricket in barbados
Sport in the Social Construct of the Lesser Developed World
This paper responds to the Klein and Mandle papers, placing them in the context of a growing literature. It argues that noncustomary sports practices need to be examined in their own cultural settings rather than from the standards of the developed world. It refers to issues of ethnographic practice, and argues that the richest understandings will proceed from crossdisciplinary reference to fields such as history and anthropology
The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian relations
Cricket has become central to Indo-Australian relations in recent years. Not only in diplomatic rhetoric, but in the broader imaginations of each the other too, cricket has provided the template upon which to base mutual understanding. The two countries have often referred to and used cricket as both a metaphor and an idiom by which to mutually relate to each other. However the approaches to cricket as social practice are distinct in each of the …
The unwanted commission
Area notes
Area notes
Area notes
The elite schools and cricket in barbados
Sport, Cultural Imperialism, and Colonial Response in the British Empire
Throughout the vast literature on British and general imperialism, the emphasis is largely upon the winning, then subsequent loss, of political control by the imperial power in colonial settings. Consequently, debate about the accession to that power has revolved largely about the great triad of considerations: economic necessity, strategic calculation, and civilising zeal. Similarly, discussion of emergent nationalist movements has hinged upon r…
Caribbean Cricket
On 29 June 1950 a team of cricketers playing as the 'West Indies' beat England in a test match for the first time since their accession to international status in 1928. The victory was all the more historic for being recorded at Lord's, the London ground dubbed the Cathedral of Cricket.1 As the last English wicket fell to produce the win, those at the ground witnessed a 'rush of West Indian supporters, one armed with an instrument of the guitar f…
Sport in the Social Construct of the Lesser Developed World
This paper responds to the Klein and Mandle papers, placing them in the context of a growing literature. It argues that noncustomary sports practices need to be examined in their own cultural settings rather than from the standards of the developed world. It refers to issues of ethnographic practice, and argues that the richest understandings will proceed from crossdisciplinary reference to fields such as history and anthropology
C.L.R. James
Wide World of Golf
This research note argues that while golf is perhaps the most socially pervasive of games on a global scale, its social contours have been ignored by academic analysts. The paper isolates three themes as being likely avenues for further investigation: environmental issues, the internationalization of golf and its economy, and social access to participation. By virtue of its heavy demands on natural resources of land and water, golf is rapidly bec…
Sport, Television, Interpretation, and Practice Reconsidered
Outsiders in the Clubhouse
Australian Popular Culture
Convergence
This article argues that the apparent rise to dominance of global sports media systems, such as that being constructed by Rupert Murdoch, is simply the beginning of a more complex process in which those systems are conjoined with telephony and computer networks to provide a new array of choice for the sports consumer. In turn, that raises the opportunity for individual consumers to take more control of their consumption patterns through their pot…
Identity spin
(2000). Identity spin: Imagined cultures in Australian and Indian cricket. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 23, Midnight to Millennium: Australia‐India Interconnections, pp. 63-74
Sport, Colonialism and Struggle
C.L.R. James was born in Trinidad in 1901 (the same year as Chairman Mao) and died in London in 1989. During an intellectually rich life he witnessed a myriad of events that interacted to produce in him a unique standpoint on life, art, sport and politics (Buhle, 1986; Stoddart, 1990; Worcester, 1996). He was influenced by the birth and demise of the Soviet Empire. was marked by the revelations about Stalinism. observed the zenith and the disinte…
Sport, Cultural Politics and International Relations
This paper follows the political evaluations conducted within British official circles concerning the 1935 England‐Germany football match, revealing the difficulties faced by those authorities in dealing with both German foreign policy and domestic public opinion
The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian relations
Cricket has become central to Indo-Australian relations in recent years. Not only in diplomatic rhetoric, but in the broader imaginations of each the other too, cricket has provided the template upon which to base mutual understanding. The two countries have often referred to and used cricket as both a metaphor and an idiom by which to mutually relate to each other. However the approaches to cricket as social practice are distinct in each of the …
Water, land, language and politics in coastal Andhra, 1850–1925
When East India Company directors in the 1840s approved construction of the Kistna–Godavari irrigation scheme in south-east India, they could scarcely have imagined the huge social, economic and political changes it would bring to coastal Andhra. The politics of water and land as it emerged in the following decades involved transforming the area's outlook on local aspirations, regional connections, opportunities created because of prosperity and …
Kenneth McPherson, 1944-2010
Kenneth McPherson (1944–2010)
Kenneth McPherson, whose death has occurred in Perth, was destined to write about both India and the sea, and in doing so became an eminent historian of India's Muslim communities and an internatio
Land, Water, Language and Politics in Andhra
This book explains how access to and use of land, water and language helped shape Andhra politics in India from 1850 down to the present day. After independence, the debate over land reform and policies on irrigation has shaped the fortunes of various governments, while the debate over the make-up of the language-based state has stimulated separatist movements like the one in support of Telangana. The book discusses how British innovations in irr…
Sport, Culture and History
Sport, Culture and History
Lives from the archives
Sociology (18 works) · History (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · History (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (9 works) · Cricket (7 works)