Sport and ethnicity: Some introductory remarks

Cronin, Mike; Mayall, David

doi:10.1080/02619288.1998.9974926

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“…In particular, the study summarises theoretical insights drawn from the combination of the literature on marketing and psychology, e.g., place branding (Kavaratzis, 2004, Herstein and Berger, 2013, Braun et al, 2013Herstein, 2012), as well as on sociology, e.g., patriotism and the construction of national identity (Cronin and Mayall, 2005;Gorokhov, 2015;Lenger and Schumacher, 2015;Evans and Piggott, 2016). Through reviewing the different streams and strands of literature, the study seeks to provide a holistic understanding of the key constructs that apply, as well as, to identify possible interrelations between the constructs of city branding, mega sports events and patriotism.…”

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The role of patriotism in the city-brand-sport-event relationship

Kapareliotis

Voutsina

2020

IJSMM

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The importance of mega sports events in relation to city branding has long been recognised by both academics and practitioners from a variety of functional disciplines. This paper links the concepts of city branding and sports events with that of patriotism. The study is based on a systematic literature review that results in a proposition of a conceptual framework, and a synthesis of key findings, which are presented through the proposed conceptual framework. The framework suggests that patriotic feelings enjoyed by citizens of the host city are expected to further develop and intensify in the context of a sports event, while at the same time, positively moderate the impact of the given sports event on the city brand. The implications for practitioners and academics are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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The role of patriotism in the city-brand-sport-event relationship

Kapareliotis

Voutsina

2020

IJSMM

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“…However, when observed more closely, the vast heterogeneity of this mass becomes evident: varying ages, genders, nationalities, ethnicities, classes, religions, and more. This should not be surprising given that an extensive literature on fans and fandom has already shown the complexities of fanship (Clark and Clark, 1982; Cronin and Mayall, 1998; Giulianotti, 1999; MacClancy, 1996; Vidacs, 2000). Football fandom is often considered instrumental to social solidarity at the state level.…”

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Who are we? My club? My people? My state? The dilemma of the Arab soccer fan in Israel

Porat

2012

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This paper deals with the problematic identity of the Arab male fans of Bnei Sakhnin F.C., which is an Arab soccer club in the city of Sakhnin, Israel. Seemingly, the Bnei Sakhnin F.C. male fan identifies with his club for the same reasons as every other football fan in Israel. However, as an Arab and minority in a state that is in continuous strife with his people -the Palestinians -his fandom and hence his identity as a fan is inevitably affected. The Arab fan of Bnei Sakhnin cannot rest his identity on the club alone. The Arabs' status in Israel, which is imported to the football stadium, stems from identity being heavily connected to ethnicity/nationality. In essential ways, the Arab male fan cannot separate his identity with the club from his ethnicity/nationality. He is foremost an Arab and then a football fan. Consequently, the football league becomes a constant dilemma of identification by posing the question of "Who are we?"

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“…As such, Rosie, MacInnes, Peterson, Condor, and Kennedy (2004) highlight how national newspapers in England are “essentially national institutions which encourage their readers to see the world in general in specifically national, and masculine, terms, ‘re-mind’ them of their own nation in particular and help them to think in patriotic terms about it” (p. 437). In England, the national sporting press will make heroes of its (most likely male) sporting champions, and fervently celebrate most national victories (Cronin & Mayall, 1998). As Porter (2004) explains, consciousness of one’s national identity is developed by shared experiences, and men’s “international sport plays a part in this process, even if most people experience it only indirectly through the consumption of mass-produced words and images” (p. 46).…”

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Three Lions on Her Shirt: Hot and Banal Nationalism for England’s Sportswomen

Bowes

Bairner

2019

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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It has long been claimed that sport plays an important role in the formulation of national identity. Key to understanding this relationship is Michael Billig’s concept of banal nationalism, which is used in this article to examine national symbols that act as daily reminders of the nation. Specifically, the article discusses the relationship between Englishness and sport by drawing upon data from interviews with representative English sportswomen in association football, cricket, netball, and rugby union. The article demonstrates the important role that (men’s) sport plays in developing a sense of national identity in England and, in particular, one that is distinct from Britishness. Furthermore, the significance of national symbols is evidenced as banal reminders of national identity for England’s sportswomen.

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Sport and ethnicity: Some introductory remarks

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

The role of patriotism in the city-brand-sport-event relationship

The role of patriotism in the city-brand-sport-event relationship

Who are we? My club? My people? My state? The dilemma of the Arab soccer fan in Israel

Three Lions on Her Shirt: Hot and Banal Nationalism for England’s Sportswomen

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