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Author:   Scarlett Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) ,  Albert Grundlingh (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415850827

ISBN 10:   0415850827
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Prologue: Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation? Scarlett Cornelissen 2. ‘Preventing Huddersfield’: The Rise and Decline of Rugby League in South Africa, c.1957–1965 Hendrik Snyders 3. ‘Certain Political Considerations’: South African Competitive Surfing During the International Sports Boycott Glen Thompson 4. ‘Now the African Reigns Supreme’: The Rise of African Boxing on the Witwatersrand, 1924–1959 Tyler Fleming 5. ‘A Man’s Game’: Cricket, War and Masculinity, South Africa, 1899–1902 Dean Allen 6. The 1899 Orange Free State football Team tour of Europe: ‘Race’, Imperial Loyalty and Sporting Contest Chris Bolsmann 7. From J.J. ‘Boerjong’ Kotze to Hansie Cronje: Afrikaners and Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa – Diffusion and Representation Albert Grundlingh 8. ‘Neither Cricketers nor Ladies’: Towards a History of Women and Cricket in South Africa, 1860s–2000s André Odendaal 9. Tackling Femininity: The Heterosexual Paradigm and Women’s Soccer in South Africa Mari Haugaa Engh 10. ‘Resolving ‘‘The South Africa Problem’’’: Transnational Activism, Ideology and Race in the Olympic Movement, 1960–91 Scarlett Cornelissen 11. Bread or Circuses? The 2010 World Cup and South Africa’s Quest for Marketing Power Janis van der Westhuizen and Kamilla Swart 12. Epilogue: Making New Histories of Sport in South Africa John Nauright

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Scarlett Cornelissen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Albert Grundlingh is Professor of History at Stellenbosch University.

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