A Supplementary Sport? Towards a Historical Analysis of the Development of Badminton in New Zealand, c. 1870–1939

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dc.citation.issue12
dc.citation.volume40
dc.contributor.authorNgo SZ
dc.contributor.authorWatson G
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T01:07:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T23:55:38Z
dc.date.available2023-12-20
dc.date.available2024-01-10T01:07:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T23:55:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-20
dc.description.abstractAlthough badminton has been played in New Zealand for approximately 150 years it has received only minimal attention in scholarly discussions of sport. This paper evaluates the historical development of badminton in New Zealand between 1870 and 1939. It argues that from the last quarter of the nineteenth century badminton was initially played alongside games such as croquet and tennis in mostly private venues as a form of upper-class recreation. It then gained a wider appeal primarily as a winter sport that could be played by tennis players during the off-season. During the interwar period it was promoted as a suitable form of recreation for women because it was non-contact and believed to be not overly strenuous. Although its construction as a useful winter sport for tennis players and a suitable game for women helped badminton achieve a position as a niche sport, such characterizations hindered its further development because it was seen as a supplementary sport to tennis, the then dominant racket sport in New Zealand. Moreover, in comparison to its contemporary racket sports badminton was often criticized as an inferior game. Accordingly, it occupied a somewhat ambiguous place in New Zealand’s sporting hierarchy.
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dc.format.pagination1049-1068
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=584530
dc.identifier.citationNgo SZ, Watson G. (2023). A Supplementary Sport? Towards a Historical Analysis of the Development of Badminton in New Zealand, c. 1870–1939. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 40. 12. (pp. 1049-1068).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09523367.2023.2284314
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0952-3367
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70359
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fhsp20
dc.relation.isPartOfThe International Journal of the History of Sport
dc.subjectBadminton, History, Sport, New Zealand
dc.titleA Supplementary Sport? Towards a Historical Analysis of the Development of Badminton in New Zealand, c. 1870–1939
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id485305
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences
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