Sport and English National Identity in a ‘Disunited Kingdom’

Tom Gibbons, Dominic Malcolm

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Routledge
27 September 2018

Sociology: sport & leisure; Nationalism; Sports & outdoor recreation

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Given sport’s centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study explores the complex set of relationships between sport and what it means to be English in the twenty-first century. The bond between sport and nationalism has long been recognised, but with increasingly vociferous separatist nationalisms threatening the dismantling of the United Kingdom, a closer analysis is timely.

Part one addresses key debates regarding English national identity within the specific sporting contexts of association football, cricket, tennis, cycling and rugby. Part two discusses the complex relationship between religion, sport and English national identity as well as the attitudes and experiences of traditionally marginalized groups, including women, minority ethnic groups and disabled people. Part three considers the perspectives of the other UK nations on the link between sport and English national identity.

Sport and English National Identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom' is fascinating reading for all those with an interest in the sociology, politics and history of sport, and the study of nations, nationalism and national identity.

Edited by: Tom Gibbons, Dominic Malcolm
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138369085
ISBN 10: 113836908X
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 27 September 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Gibbons is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies at Teesside University, UK. He is author of English National Identity and Football Fan Culture: Who are ya? and co-editor of The Impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Diminishing contrasts, increasing varieties. Tom has published various research articles and book chapters on the sociology and history of sport in the following topic areas: English/British national identity; globalisation and European integration; fandom; media; violence/hooliganism; disability; Christianity; football; endurance sport; and qualitative research methods Dominic Malcolm is Reader in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University, UK. He has published widely in the sociology of sport including the Sage Dictionary of Sports Studies, Sport and Sociology and Sport and Society: A Student Introduction. His core research interests draw on and apply the theoretical ideas of Norbert Elias’s figurational sociology to two substantive areas: the social development of cricket; and sport, health and medicine. In these fields he has published Globalizaing Cricket: Englishness, Empire and Identity, The Social Organization of Sports Medicine and most recently Sport, Medicine and Health: The medicalization of sport?