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Gaelic Games in Society

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213 Seiten
Englisch
Springer International Publishingerschienen am06.12.20191st ed. 2020
In this book John Connolly and Paddy Dolan illustrate and explain developments in Gaelic games, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), and Irish society over the course of the last 150 years. The main themes in the book include: advances in the threshold of repugnance towards violence in the playing of Gaelic games, changes in the structure of spectator violence, diminishing displays of superiority towards the competing sports of soccer and rugby, the tension between decentralising and centralising processes, the movement in the balance between amateurism and professionalism, changes in the power balance between 'elite' players and administrators, and the difficulties in developing a new hybrid sport. The authors also explain how these developments were connected to various social processes including changes in the structure of Irish society and in the social habitus of people in Ireland.







John Connolly is Senior Lecturer at Dublin City University, Ireland. 

Paddy Dolan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Technological University Dublin, Ireland.mehr
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KlappentextIn this book John Connolly and Paddy Dolan illustrate and explain developments in Gaelic games, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), and Irish society over the course of the last 150 years. The main themes in the book include: advances in the threshold of repugnance towards violence in the playing of Gaelic games, changes in the structure of spectator violence, diminishing displays of superiority towards the competing sports of soccer and rugby, the tension between decentralising and centralising processes, the movement in the balance between amateurism and professionalism, changes in the power balance between 'elite' players and administrators, and the difficulties in developing a new hybrid sport. The authors also explain how these developments were connected to various social processes including changes in the structure of Irish society and in the social habitus of people in Ireland.







John Connolly is Senior Lecturer at Dublin City University, Ireland. 

Paddy Dolan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Technological University Dublin, Ireland.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9783030316990
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format Hinweis1 - PDF Watermark
FormatE107
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum06.12.2019
Auflage1st ed. 2020
ReihePalgrave Studies on Norbert Elias
Seiten213 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXV, 213 p. 1 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.4995758
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Genre9200

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Abbreviations.-Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Gaelic games in society.- Chapter 2: Gaelic games and player violence.- Chapter 3: Spectators, emotions and the individualisation of violence.- Chapter 4: The sociogenesis and development of the GAA: Centralising and decentralising tensions.- Chapter 5: The amateur-professional tension balance.- Chapter 6: The amplifying of professionalism and amateurism, and the emergence of 'Player Power'.-Chapter 7: Integrating Irish youth, national identification, and diminishing displays of superiority.- Chapter 8: Cultural hybridisation as an essentialising strategy: The development of a new sport -- International Rules Football.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Some thoughts on contemporary developments.mehr

Autor

John Connolly is Senior Lecturer at Dublin City University, Ireland.

Paddy Dolan is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Technological University Dublin, Ireland.