EAN: 9783319936079

CRICKET AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1910-1971 G...

This book explores how cricket in South Africa was shaped by society and society by cricket. It
demonstrates the centrality of cricket in the evolving relationship between culture  sport and
politics starting with South Africa as the beating heart of the imperial project and ending
with the country as an international pariah. The contributors explore the tensions between
fragmentation and unity  on and off the pitch  in the context of the racist ideology of empire
its 'arrested development' and the reliance of South Africa on a racially based exploitative
labour system. This edited collection uncovers the hidden history of cricket  society  and
empire in defining a multiplicity of South African identities  and recognises the achievements
of forgotten players and their impact.

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