Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators and Spectators (1st ed. 2020) (Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030316990
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030316983
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 12/09/19
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Sports, Psychology, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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