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 language | English |
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Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Internet Journal of Criminology |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Bulldog Army
- Lebanese
- Racism in sports
- Rugby League football
- Social aspects