Book chapter
Australian Beach Soccer: Tracing Paradoxical Narratives
Writing the Australian Beach: Local Site, Global Idea, pp.181-194
Palgrave Macmillan
2020
Abstract
For many Australians, the beach is key to leisure and pleasure, an integral part of their culture, and a symbol of their national sporting identity. There is ample evidence across a history of iconic sporting competitions, including, for instance, the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Football, or soccer, is the world's most popular game. It has a simplicity that allows it to be played almost anywhere, even on the beach. In a country where recreational and professional sporting activities thrived, the story of beach soccer is an anomaly. This chapter considers the sport's rapid growth outside Australia and seeks to understand why the local version has not realised a greater presence on the beaches of a self-proclaimed sporting nation's landscape.
Details
- Title
- Australian Beach Soccer: Tracing Paradoxical Narratives
- Authors
- Lee McGowan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Creative IndustriesElizabeth Ellison (Author) - Central Queensland UniversityMichele Lastella (Author) - Central Queensland University
- Contributors
- Elizabeth Ellison (Editor)Donna Lee Brien (Editor)
- Publication details
- Writing the Australian Beach: Local Site, Global Idea, pp.181-194
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-35264-6_11; 10.1007/978-3-030-35264-6
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451331202621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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