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11. Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism

    'Blooding' The Martial Male

    By J.A. Mangan, Callum McKenzie

    Series: Sport in the Global Society

    The late Victorian and Edwardian officer class viewed hunting and big game hunting in particular, as a sound preparation for imperial warfare. For the imperial officer in the making, the ‘blooding’ hunting ritual was a visible ‘hallmark’ of stirling martial masculinity. Sir Henry Newbolt, the...

    Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
12. Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation

    Kicking off a New Era

    By Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan

    Series: Sport in the Global Society

    This is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countries worldwide, in a global context, and analyzes its progress, challenges and problems it has faced. It shows how women's football has made a...

    Published July 31st 2003 by Routledge
13. Sport in Asian Society

    Past and present

    Edited by Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan

    Series: Sport in the Global Society

    Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of essays offers a lucid, original and highly readable history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region....

    Published September 29th 2002 by Routledge
14. The Games Ethic and Imperialism

    Aspects of the Diffusion of an Ideal

    By J.A. Mangan

    Series: Sport in the Global Society

    This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism....

    Published January 31st 1998 by Routledge