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Animated by uncertainty : rugby and the performance of history in South Africa / Joshua D. Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Joshua D., author.
- Series:
- African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)
- African perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rugby football--Political aspects--South Africa.
- Rugby football.
- Sports--Political aspects--South Africa.
- Sports.
- Sports--Political aspects.
- Rugby football--Political aspects.
- South Africa--Politics and government.
- South Africa.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In Animated by Uncertainty, Joshua D. Rubin analyzes South African rugby through the lens of aesthetic politics. Building on 18 months of ethnographic research with rugby coaches, players, and administrators, the author argues that rugby is a form of performance and further that the qualities that define rugby shape the political ends to which the sport can be put. In this respect, Animated by Uncertainty demonstrates that theories of sporting politics cannot afford to overlook the qualities of the sports themselves, and it provides a theoretical approach to illustrate how these qualities can be studied. The book also analyzes the ways that apartheid and colonialism inhere in South African institutions and practices. Drawing inspiration from the observation that South Africans could always abandon rugby if they chose to do so, Rubin highlights how the continuing significance of rugby as a form of performance brings traces of South Africa's apartheid and colonial past into the country's contemporary political moment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472129263
- 0472129260
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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