Social history has until now proven to be the most suitable point
of departure to pursue the wider connections between sport, leisure
and society or explore the interconnections between sport and
leisure on the one hand and Afrikaner political and cultural
projects on the other. Afrikaner groups at various stages in the
twentieth century sought to spend their time when they were not at
work by attending dog races during the thirties in Johannesburg,
holidaying at the beach at Hartenbos in the southwestern Cape in
the fifties or supporting or playing rugby and later cricket.The
unifying theme that runs throughout this book is the different ways
in which sport and leisure practices during certain historical eras
were connected with wider concerns in Afrikaner society and how
they contributed substantially to shaping the Afrikaner world of
sport and leisure. This analysis of sport and society has a wider
relevance. While standard nationalistic interpretations of
Afrikaner political history have withered away since the advent of
the African National Congress in 1994, in rugby the story of the
fame and glory of the Springboks and their grounding in Afrikaner
historical memory has carried on largely uninterrupted.
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