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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “christopher hallinan”
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  • Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport

    Edited by Christopher J. Hallinan, Barry Judd ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a proud history of participation and the achievement of excellence in Australian sports. Historically, Australian sports have provided a rare and important social context in which Indigenous Australians could engage with and participate in non-Indigenous society. Today, Indigenous Australian people in sports continue to provide important points of reference ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • The Containment of Soccer in Australia

    Fencing Off the World Game

    Edited by Christopher Hallinan, John Hughson ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, outdoor soccer was the second most popular organized sport for Australian children after swimming. It far outstripped the popularity of the three other football codes that are played in Australia – rugby league, rugby union and Australian Rules football.Yet the soccer participation phenomenon in Australia is matched neither by the media coverage of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Black and Proud

    The Story of an Iconic AFL Photo

    by Matthew Klugman, Gary Osmond ...
    On April 17, 1993, after an Australian Football League match between St. Kilda and Collingwood marred by racist chanting, victorious St. Kilda star Nicky Winmar faced the opposition fans, lifted his shirt and, pointing to his chest, declared, "I'm black and I'm proud to be black." The moment was immortalized by photographers Wayne Ludbey and John Feder and forced Australian football and its fans ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Stories are Our Survival

    by Lawrence Bamblett ...
    Our stories are our survival centres on the continuity of Wiradjuri culture. It is a celebration of storytelling and the joys of life within an Aboriginal Australian community. Our stories offers an alternative to the commonly told stories of Aboriginal disadvantage. Using sport as a lens, the book brings to light the continued strength of Aboriginal culture. It places contemporary representations ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Playing on the Periphery

    Sport, Identity and Memory

    by Tara Brabazon ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    Part of the Sport in the Global Society series, this innovative and creative text explores collective history, memory, and sport culture, tracking the passage of sports away from England. The author investigates why ‘elite’ English sports – such as rugby and cricket – became national sports in New Zealand and Australia, and asks why ‘working class’ English sports – such as football – have ... Read more

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  • Watching the Olympics

    Politics, Power and Representation

    Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
    Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This challenging and provocative new book explores the Olympic spectacle, from the multi-media bidding process and the branding and imaging of the Games, to security, surveillance and control of the Olympic ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Sport

    A Critical Sociology

    by Richard Giulianotti ...
    In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming ever more apparent across the world.Ten years after its original publication, the text has been completely revised ... Read more

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  • The Olympics: The Basics

    by Andy Miah, Beatriz Garcia ...
    Series series The Basics
    The Olympics: The Basics is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters, including:peace development and diplomacymanagement and economicscorruption, terror and activismthe rise of human enhancementethics and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Sport: Race, Ethnicity and Identity

    Building Global Understanding

    Edited by Daryl Adair ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    Sport has long been a paradoxical environment with respect to issues of 'race', ethnicity, and identity. For much of the twentieth century, sports around the world were enclaves of difference. Whites and non-whites, for example, were separated on the sports field as they were in many ways off the field. Today sport is much more inclusive, with athletic ability of greater importance than skin ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • The English Premier League

    A Socio-Cultural Analysis

    Edited by Richard Elliott ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Football
    The English Premier League (EPL) is one of the world’s most valuable and high-profile sports leagues, with millions of fans around the globe. The 2016/17 season marked the 25th anniversary of the EPL, providing a unique opportunity to reflect on how it has contributed, both positively and negatively, to key developments in football – and in sport and culture more broadly – at local, national and ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Difference Identity Makes

    Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian cultural fields

    Edited by Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers, Tim Rowse ...
    Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and things. But in what ways is the Indigenous on-Indigenous distinction being used and understood? In The Difference Identity Makes, thirteen Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics examine how this ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Power and Global Sport

    Zones of Prestige, Emulation and Resistance

    by Joseph Maguire ...
    Sport has changed. Traditions and territorial distinctions are dissolving as a result of new global, political, economic and cultural conditions. The team of authors examine these changes, investigating the power relations that govern the new global sport and assessing the consequences for the future of sport.The book is founded on a series of case studies, linked by a common process-sociological ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD