Kohe, Geoff (2014) Judging Jack: Rethinking Historical Agency and the Sport Hero. Sport History Review, 45 (2). pp. 200-219. ISSN 1543-2947. (doi:10.1123/shr.2012-0022) (KAR id:66754)
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Abstract
One aspect of the dizzying (aesthetic, cultural, linguistic, visual, and post-modern) "turns" Sport history has taken in recent times has been the revision/deconstruction of sporting heroes and demystification of historical narratives. This, in turn, has attended to larger historical concerns about the centrality of agents and agency in narrative making. Encouraged by these directions, this paper reconsiders the primacy afforded agents and their agency within national Olympic history creation. I examine revered 1930s track athlete Jack Lovelock who features predominantly within New Zealand's Olympic history. The paper aims to prompt contemplation about sport heroes. In particular, I argue sport historians should continue to decentre sport figures and bring alternate meanings, interpretations, and renderings of agents to the fore.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1123/shr.2012-0022 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | sporting heroes, sport history, Jack Lovelock, New Zealand, Olympics, Olympic history |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > School of Sport and Exercise Sciences |
Depositing User: | Geoffery Kohe |
Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2018 09:30 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 13:54 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66754 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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