The Contested Terrain of the New Zealand All Blacks - Rugby, Commerce, and Cultural Politics in the Age of Globalization (Paperback, New edition)

In 2011, New Zealand rugby fans erupted in celebration as the All Blacks narrowly defeated France to win the Rugby World Cup - the team's first title since New Zealand hosted the inaugural tournament in 1987. In the years between these victories, the sport of rugby has been radically transformed from its amateur roots to a professional, global entertainment 'product'. This book explores these developments and focuses initially on the New Zealand Rugby Union's key deals with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and global sportswear giant Adidas in the 1990s. The new pay-per-view era has curtailed the traditional 'viewing rights' of rugby fans to have live, free-to-air access to All Blacks test matches on public television. Adidas, meanwhile, has relentlessly commodified aspects of national heritage and indigenous identity in pursuit of local and global markets while exploiting labour in developing countries. Escalating merchandise costs and ticket prices have, at the same time, pushed the sport further out of the reach of ordinary New Zealanders. All of these issues, however, have not gone uncontested, and the authors argue that rugby remains a contested terrain in the face of a new set of limits and pressures in the global economy.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Pub Inc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Peter Lang Ltd., 38
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Jay Scherer • Steve Jackson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-906165-46-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
LSN:	1-906165-46-7
Barcode:	9781906165468

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