Soccer, South Africa and Celebrity Status

Mark Fish, Popular Culture and the Post‐Apartheid State

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ID12675883
AuthorsChris Bolsmann (0000-0002-8131-0283, Aston University, corresponding author), Andrew Parker (0000-0001-6842-3067)
Year2006
Volume8
Issue1
Pages109-124
Publication date2006-12-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSoccer and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14660970600989442
OpenAlexW1983476816
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited21

The rise of celebrity culture is a theme that has attracted a significant amount of attention within both mainstream sociology and cultural studies in more recent times. Ensuing debate has identified contemporary sports figures as an important facet of the celebritymedia \nnexus and as possible signifiers of cultural change. In this paper we take one particular sports celebrity, South African soccer star Mark Fish, and evaluate his image in \nrelation to debates surrounding sport, politics and the post-apartheid state. We argue that because Fish appears to enjoy all the benefits of celebrity status (within his home country at least), an analysis of his career and identity provide a useful means by which to think about the changing political and nationalistic values within South African society

Aesthetics · Art · Celebrity culture · Fish · Identity (music · Mainstream · Media studies · Nexus (standard · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Relation (database · Sociology · Sociology of sport · State (computer science · Theme (computing · Gender Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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