Histories Beyond the Boundaries |
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| Authors: | Charlotte Macdonald |
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| Institution: | 1. History, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandCharlotte.macdonald@vuw.ac.nz |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThe paper outlines the origins of the author’s interest in sports history within the 1970s anti-apartheid sporting boycott and the parallel expansion of historical scholarship to incorporate social and radical histories. The place of sport in forming histories of empire and gender, as well as in cultural areas of memory, place, print culture, and consumption are canvassed along with observations on the future of sport history. In the light of the ‘paradox of play’ which simultaneously places sport at the centre and in the ephemeral margins of modern society, it is suggested there is no secure ground for this area of study. |
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| Keywords: | Imperialism gender culture New Zealand colonial |
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