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Rugby in Munster 2019 - A Social and Cultural History (Paperback)
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Rugby in Munster 2019 - A Social and Cultural History (Paperback)
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Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s
through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first
century, this book seeks to examine Munster rugby within the
context of broader social, cultural and political trends in Irish
society. As well as providing a thorough chronological survey of
the game's development, key themes such as violence, masculinity,
class and politics are subject to more detailed treatment. Since
the turn of the twenty-first century rugby football in Munster has
seen extraordinary growth in terms of popularity and cultural
significance. The Munster rugby team in particular has become a
hugely important provincial institution through which regional
identity has been expressed on the international stage. This book
will detail and analyse the game's evolution in Munster from its
origins in the 1870s through to the dawn of the professional era in
the 2000s. Focusing mainly on the game's two centres of popularity
in Limerick and Cork cities, this book will display how contrary to
popular myth, rugby football rarely expressed any kind of unitary,
coherent identity throughout the province. The game was centred on
clubs and was highly adaptable to local conditions throughout its
history. In addition, the often fractious internal politics of the
game within the province, reflecting the game's contrasting social
development in Limerick and Cork, will also be discussed. Drawing
on the unpublished records of the game's provincial and national
administrative bodies and a comprehensive survey of the provincial
press, this book will show how one sport served multifarious roles
in terms of class, culture and politics in Munster.
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