GIA DINH UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES - LANGUAGUES
CHAPTER 8
FESTIVALS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Lecturer: Nguyen Hoang Hai
Content
01 The growth of interest in sport
02 British sport and competition:
then and now
The growth of
interest in sport
Smog
The mid-19th century
Public health
Disease
Illness
Eton
Harrow Different sets
of rules
Rugby
‘muscular
Christianity’
A healthy body created a healthy mind.
Morality Ideals Fighting spirit
William Webb Ellis
• defied the conventions of the day
• picked up the ball
• ran with it in a game.
Rugby School
Warwickshire
The Freemasons’ Tavern, 1863
Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street,
West End, London
Agreed a set Founded the football vs ‘association’
of common Football rugby > ‘soccer’
rules Association > nickname
(FA) ‘soccer’
The ‘Corinthian spirit’
Sportsmanship
Fair play
Love of the game
Genuine gentlemen
Not for money
Effortless style
Superiority
In the moral sense of playing
elegantly
In a manly, sporting manner
Similar Pattern of Development of Other Sports
Racing
Cricket
Golf
1884-5
COMPETITIVE
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Professional players
play for money
National Prestige
ational
Inter n
tional
Na
Achievement
Performance
Standards
Facilities
AWESOME
SLIDE
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
SIT AMET
Timeline
1960 1980s
The Albemarle Report Significant improvement
The Wolfenden Report in facilities
1950s 1966 2014
A rise in crime The establishment of 67% male, 57%
The effects of popular Sports Council female – be obese
culture
competitive The 20 th century
1966 World Cup Final
aspirational
Media Inventions
Press – Tabloid
Radio and Television
Satellite broadcasting
Fast
On the field
Flamboyant
Abundantly talented
Off the field Having playboy lifestyle
George Best
(1946 – 2005)
Develops his image Remains popular
Carefully manages
Creates new business with the general
on and off the field
chances public
rambling
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MASS MEDIA
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Mass media
Terrestrial TV channels Speech radio
• Recorded highlights • National culture:
• Live games BBC Radio 5 Live
Talksport
Local FM radio stations
• Commentary
• Comment
ASCOT RACES, 2019
A Dazzlingly
Extravagant
Royals
Fashion
Show Celebrities &
Professionals C r i c ke t e r – L o r d ’ s
Professionals Te n n i s p l a y e r – W i m b l e d o n
Professionals Fo o t b a l l e r – W e m b l e y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZXHk5dhw5k
Community
singing
‘Abide
Slow,
with Me’
FA Cup mournful
Final hymn COMMONERS
the
Since approach
1927 of death
COMMONERS
Wembley, 2018
NOT just leisure but
personal and group identity
Supporting a team
Chanting the club songs
Wearing club colors and clothing
Bearing tattoos, face paint,
flags, other adornments
group identity
Pe r s o n a l a n d
1 Having a sense of community
Getting married in their
2
club’s ground
Having their ashes scattered
3
there
Serious sport was
‘war minus the shooting’.
(George Orwell)
AWESOME
SLIDE
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
https://www.theweek.co.uk/101607/the-rise-and-fall-of- SIT AMET
english-football-hooliganism
A battered England fan at the 1980 European
Championships match against Belgium in Turin
Sport and competition
Then and Now
The 19th – 20th century
Aristocrats
Wealthy
landowners The
proletariat
Reflected the highly stratified nature of British society
The 20th – 21st century
OPENESS less elitism
INCLUSIVITY
less snobbery
Women
Disabled sportspeople – 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
African and Asian sportspeople
Violent activities Cruel
Old-fashioned
Bear Present Disappeared
baiting
Past
Cock
fighting
Birmingham, 2018
Bull
running
Birmingham, 1825
Gambling remains popular.
14%
39%
14% 18% Play on
Do the
Bet on Play bingo gaming &
football
horses fruit machine
pools
At least once every two weeks
Festivals in the US
The significant
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has its
roots in harvest festivals
celebrated by various
cultures throughout
history.
Thanksgiving is
celebrated in the United
States on the fourth
Thursday of November.
THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving centers around a
large meal, usually with family and
friends
expressing thanks
for blessings
Watching American football
Many cities hold Thanksgiving
parades
Black Friday: The day after
Thanksgiving
Independence Day
Independence Day, also
known as the Fourth of July,
commemorates the
adoption of the Declaration
of Independence on July
4th, 1776.
INDEPEN
DENCE
DAY Fireworks
Parades
Barbecues and picnic
Patriotic displays
Other Festivals
Christmas
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Thank You
