Playing to the ‘imaginary grandstand’
Sport, the ‘British world’, and an Australian colonial identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jared Van Duinen (Charles Sturt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 342-364 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022813000259 |
| OpenAlex | W2154630243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article argues for the importance of an exploration of sporting interactions in the British world. In addition, it presents the case for the adaptation of borderlands theory to the British world framework. Such study of British world borderlands is capable of more accurately capturing the spatial and regional variety of this British world and, in particular, the nascent national identities of dominions such as Australia. Sport is a particularly apt vehicle for the examination of such issues in an Australian context, since playing to the ‘imaginary grandstand’ of international spectators has always occupied a central role in the construction of an Australian national identity. This article uses three brief case studies – cricket, swimming, and Australian Rules football – to explore these theoretical claims
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Cricket · Football · Identity (music · Media studies · National Identities · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Imaginary · Variety (cybernetics · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
Rereading the Archive and Opening up the Nation-State
Sport and the British
The Cultural Bond
The British World
Understanding Life in the Borderlands
Beyond sovereignty
The imperial game
Replenishing the Earth
Sport and the Image of Colonial Manhood in the British Mind
Britishness and Australian identity
Dating Australia's independence
Look at that kid crawling’
A Utilitarian Pursuit’
Against the Tide
The warmth of comradeship’
The Unknown Nation
Were there Municipal Networks in the British World c . 1890–1939
Wandering scholars? Academic mobility and the British World, 1850–1940
Wider Horizons of American History
Ambiguity within the Boundary
Beyond Sovereignty
Viewpoint. Back to the future
Webs, Networks, and Systems
The Problem of “Nationalism” and “Imperialism” in British Settlement Colonies
Rethinking the British World
Orientalism and Race
Women, Gender, and the Promotion of Empire
Empire and Globalisation
How British was the British World? The Case of South Africa
Imperial Circuits and Networks
On Borderlands
Imagining the Pacific
Making a Nation State
Town Life in Australia
Sport in History
A Nation at Last? The Changing Character of Australian Nationalism, 1880-1988
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |