Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport

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Christopher J. Hallinan (Monash University, Australia) Barry Judd (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport

Christopher J. Hallinan (Monash University, Australia), Barry Judd (University of Melbourne, Australia)

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English

Routledge
22 July 2013

Asian history; Social & cultural history; Ethnic studies; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Sociology: sport & leisure; Sports & outdoor recreation

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 sport. Historically, Australian sport 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 sport continue to provide important points of reference around which national public dialogue about racial and cultural relations in Australia takes place. Yet much of the media coverage of these issues and almost all of the academic interest concerning Indigenous people and Australian sport is constructed from non-Indigenous perspectives. With a few notable exceptions, the racial and cultural implications of Australian sports as viewed from an Indigenous Australian Studies perspective remains understudied. The media coverage and academic discussion of Indigenous people and Australian sport is largely constructed within the context of Anglo-Australian nationalist discourse, and becomes most emphasised when reporting on aspects of 'racial and cultural' explanations of Indigenous sporting excellence and failures associated anomalous behaviour. This book investigates the many ways that Indigenous Australians have engaged with Australian sports and the racial and cultural readings that have been associated with these engagements. Questions concerning the importance that sport plays in constructions of Australian indigeneities and the extent to which these have been maintained as marginal to Australian national identity are the central critical themes of this book. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Edited by: Christopher J. Hallinan (Monash University Australia), Barry Judd (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780415582698
ISBN 10: 0415582695
Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 22 July 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Hallinan is Associate Professor with the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Barry Judd is a Lecturer with the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.