Vol. 7 No. 4 (2016)
Research Article

STAGING AND PERFORMING IDENTITY AT THE CROKE PARK CLASSIC: A NOTE ON SPORT, GEOGRAPHY AND NEOLIBERALISM

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  • Nicholas WISE
Nicholas WISE
Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Education, Health and Community, Liverpool, UK

Published 2023-04-26

Keywords

  • American Football,
  • Neoliberalism,
  • Sport Expansion,
  • Dublin

How to Cite

WISE, Nicholas. 2023. “STAGING AND PERFORMING IDENTITY AT THE CROKE PARK CLASSIC: A NOTE ON SPORT, GEOGRAPHY AND NEOLIBERALISM”. European Journal of Geography 7 (4):34-40. https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/383.

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Abstract

American Football has seen limited success in international markets until recently. This paper
is based on participant observations that incorporate a geographical perspective of sport and
identity focusing on an American Football event played in Dublin, Ireland. The aim of this
paper is to discuss observations of how a popular American sport is staged and performed in
a foreign setting. Many people from the United States travelled to Dublin to follow their
university team. The event was staged to allow spectators to create a distinct atmosphere that
was similar to a game played in the United States. There was much emphasis on (re)creating
an American sporting experience. The match resembled a spectacle and a neoliberal
discussion addresses commercialization, power, and contesting spaces.

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