"Beyond the metaphor": football and war, 1914-1918 / Dale James Blair

Collection type Library
Author Blair, Dale James.;
Call Number C 355.007099471 J86
Document type Web Site
Year 1996
Citation Journal of the Australian War Memorial..: 1996,28
Pagination http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j28/j28-blai.htm
Abstract

'The irony of wartime football lay in the mock tragedy of the game against the genuine tragedy of war.' War and sport have often been used as metaphors for each other, but in time of war football could be seen on the one hand as a frivolous distraction from the real business of fighting and on the other as a necessary diversion from the pressures of the front. Dale Blair examines these issues in the context of Australian Rules football.

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