Bulldog whistling : criminalization of young Lebanese-Australian rugby league fans

Scott Poynting

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    Abstract

    This article traces the course of a series of moral panics over the banding together, group identification and collective action of certain groups of young people - mainly young men - in and around some mass sporting events in New South Wales, Australia, in 2001-4. It could be a story of ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“football hooliganismââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢, except that the sport is not football (or ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“soccerââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢, as it is known in Australia), but rugby league. That such ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“collective behaviourââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ had been relatively unknown in this sporting milieu in Australia provided the opportunity for the racialized ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“otheringââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ of those labelled as deviant, in the context of the construction of the ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“Arab Otherââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ (and later the Muslim Other) as the pre-eminent folk demon of contemporary Australia.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages26
    JournalInternet Journal of Criminology
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Keywords

    • Australia
    • Bulldog Army
    • Lebanese
    • Racism in sports
    • Rugby League football
    • Social aspects

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