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Additional authors

1. Dolan, Paddy

Description

1. xv, 213 pages : 1 color illustration; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "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." --Publisher's description.

Series statement

1. Palgrave studies on Norbert Elias

Uniform title

1. Palgrave studies on Norbert Elias.

Subject

1. Gaelic games
2. Informational works
3. History
4. Irland
5. Sport
6. Gesellschaft
7. Ireland
8. Gaelic Athletic Association
9. Gaelic games > Social aspects > Ireland
10. Gaelic games > Ireland > History

Genre/Form

1. History.
2. Informational works.

Contents

1. Introduction : Gaelic games in society -- Gaelic games and player violence -- Spectators, emotions and the individualisation of violence -- The sociogensis and development and the GAA : centralising and decentralising tensions -- The amateur-professional tension balance -- The amplifying of professionalism and amateurism, and the emergence of 'player power' -- Integrating Irish youth, national identification and diminishing displays of superiority -- Cultural hybridisation as an essentialising strategy : the development of a new sport-international rules football -- Conclusion : some thoughts on contemporary developments.

Call number

1. JFD 21-482

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.

Author

1. Connolly, John, 1973- author.

Title

1. Gaelic games in society : civilising processes, players, administrators and spectators / John Connolly, Paddy Dolan.

Publisher

1. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Palgrave studies on Norbert Elias
2. Palgrave studies on Norbert Elias.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.

Added author

1. Dolan, Paddy, author.

Other form:

1. ebook version : 9783030316990

ISBN

1. 9783030316983 hardcover
2. 303031698X hardcover
3. 9783030316990 electronic book

Research call number

1. JFD 21-482