Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport: Journeys to the Afl and Nrl

by Richard Light

Book Overview

This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a'footy' to the highest levels of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league, centered on the notion of the 'natural athlete'. The book tracesthe development of Indigenous sporting expertise as a lifelong process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030097714
• ISBN13: 9783030097714
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"