Sport in Australian Drama

by Richard Fotheringham

Overview

This book looks not only at sport on the Australian stage since 1788 and in Australian film, but also addresses the complex relationship between sport and drama and the way in which the reenactment and celebration of sporting champions and events have contributed to myths of Australian nationhood, manliness and femininity, war, and work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521401562
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/31/1992
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

1. Sport and drama: the uneasy playmates; 2. The sport and drama industry 1788–1930; 3. The first sporting dramas 1866–80; 4. The golden age of sporting melodrama 1880–1910; 5. The Australian sporting play on the commercial stage; 6. Sport in Australian film; 7. Sport in literary drama 1909–89; Notes; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

"Sport in Australian Drama is a welcome addition to the growing list of books that view sport as a reliable source for understanding the complex problems and changing attitudes of society. Through his strikingly original approach, Fotheringham has presented a highly informative and insightful analysis of Australian leisure culture." American Journal of Sociology

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