Reflections on Pathways to the Writing of South African Sports History

Albert Grundlingh; Sebastian Potgieter

doi:10.2307/j.ctv224tvfw.5

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Reflections on Pathways to the Writing of South African Sports History

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Reflections on Pathways to the Writing of South African Sports History

Albert Grundlingh and Sebastian Potgieter

Sports in Africa, Past and Present, pp.19-30

Ohio University Press, 1st ed.

20/10/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv224tvfw.5

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/49750

Abstract

Sport

History

South Africa

Social history of sports

This chapter focuses on the historiographical trajectory of sports history in South Africa and the academic frame through which empirical material has been refracted, as well as possible future directions. The quest for academic relevance and for the recognition of embedded meanings in sports is outlined. Central to this analysis is an assessment of the salience and durability of a flexible social history paradigm. The implications of more recent challenges are noted with a view of broadening the overall scope of sports history without sacrificing its core components. While fully recognizing the early activist antiapartheid writings that highlighted the many

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Record Identifier: 9926841704401891
Title: Reflections on Pathways to the Writing of South African Sports History
Creators: Albert Grundlingh
Sebastian Potgieter
Contributors: Todd Cleveland (Editor)
Tarminder Kaur (Editor)
Gerard Akindes (Editor)
Publication Details: Sports in Africa, Past and Present, pp.19-30
Academic Unit: School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Date published ; e-published: 20/10/2020
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Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Book chapter