Imperial Singapore – Culture Imperialism and Imperial Control
Athleticism As Ideological Intent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12219030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J A Mangan (University of Strathclyde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1193-1220 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2013.803962 |
| OpenAlex | W1970021867 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
Omnia mutantur nihil interit (everything changes, nothing disappears). This is an interrogation of this famous Ovidian maxim: a longitudinal examination of imperial cultural continuity and discontinuity in Singapore. The concern is cultural imperial intention and indigenous response. The focus is an influential educational ideology: Athleticism, a tool of imperial policy and propaganda, idealism and pragmatism, cajolery and control employed throughout the British Empire with varying degrees of success for hegemonic manipulation and persuasion, social inclusion and exclusion and ethical indoctrination. Singapore is an exemplar of ‘superordinate’ innovation and ‘subordinate’ interrogation. Contact involved ‘counter-cultural imperialism’ resulting in contrapuntal confrontation. The resulting reality: kaleidoscopic cultural complexity and an exceptional opportunity to take analytical advantage of crucial caveats regarding the complexity of responses to cultural imperialism: the first caveat must be that the creative capacities of period politically ‘inferior’ cultures and societies should always be adequately recognised, while the powerful influence of the imperial culture and society should be properly recorded. The second caveat is that the past was never an amorphous whole. Consequently the impact of the cultural imperialist should never be pressed too strongly or too simplistically, and furthermore imperial continuities and discontinuities should receive appropriate attention. In summary, indigenous interpretation, assimilation, adaptation resistance and rejection should be given careful consideration. Finally, the long term influence of the cultural imperialist should be rigorously scrutinised
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |