Popular Culture, Sport and the 'Hero'-fication of British Militarism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2322356
AutoresJohn Kelly (0000-0001-5548-2738, University of Edinburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen47
Número4
Páginas722-738
Fecha de publicación2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038512453795
OpenAlexW2086877015
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas46
Referencias citadas33

A number of culturally significant practices have become incorporated into promoting and normalising British militarism in the face of increasing controversies surrounding Britain's role in the 'War on Terror'. Utilising a critical discourse analysis, this article draws on Goffman's deference and demeanour work and asserts that in conjunction with other popular cultural practices, sport is being co-opted into a multi-agency strategy that positions the military, government, media and citizens in a joint ceremony of supportive affirmation of UK militarism. A discursive formation, which circumscribes legitimate discourses around the 'War on Terror', is shown to symbolically annihilate critical opposition to British aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan whilst normalising the joint ceremony of support

Agency (philosophy) · Ceremony · Deference · HERO · Literature · Media studies · Militarism · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society