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Three lions on her shirt: Hot and banal nationalism for England’s sportswomen
It has long been claimed that sport plays an important role in the formulation of national identity. Key to understanding this relationship is Michael Billig’s concept of banal nationalism, which is used in this article to examine national symbols that act as daily reminders of the nation. Specifically, the article discusses the relationship between Englishness and sport by drawing upon data from interviews with representative English sportswomen in association football, cricket, netball, and rugby union. The article demonstrates the important role that (men’s) sport plays in developing a sense of national identity in England and, in particular, one that is distinct from Britishness. Furthermore, the significance of national symbols is evidenced as banal reminders of national identity for England’s sportswomen.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Journal of Sport and Social IssuesVolume
43Issue
6Pages
531 - 550Publisher
SAGE PublicationsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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Ali Bowes and Alan Bairner, Three lions on her shirt: Hot and banal nationalism for England’s sportswomen, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, (43, 6) pp. 531-550. Copyright © 2019 (The Authors). DOI: 10.1177/0193723519850878. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright. Users may download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference.Acceptance date
2019-04-04Publication date
2019-05-31Copyright date
2019ISSN
0193-7235eISSN
1552-7638Language
- en