Douglas Booth, Academic staff, School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences

BSc(Hons)(Melb), MSocSci(Natal), PhD(Macquarie)
Email doug.booth@otago.ac.nz

Background

Professor Booth began teaching in the social history of sports in 1994 before moving to the University of Waikato as a Professor of Sport and Leisure Studies in 2004. In 2007 he returned to the University of Otago to take up the position of Dean of the School of Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Sciences. In 2018 he became Professor Emeritus.

Professor Booth is an executive member of the Australian Society for Sports History and serves on the editorial boards of Rethinking History, Journal of Sport History, Sport History Review and Sporting Traditions.

Research

Professor Booth's research primarily focuses on political and cultural aspects of sport. Within this broad framework he has examined racism in South African sport, the politics of the olympic movement, the cultures of surfing and surf lifesaving, and the nature of extreme sport. His current research focuses on the historiography of sport history.

Postgraduate Students

Graduates

Bethany Geckle: Queer World Making: Destabilizing Heteronormativity Through Skateboarding (2021)
Sebastian Potgieter: (Re)Presenting 1981: Narrating the Springbok Tour (2020)
Anita Harman: Guilt, Women and Exercise (2014)
Fiona McLachlan: Pool Space: A Deconstruction and Reconfiguration of Public Swimming Pools (2012)
Katie Fitzpatrick: Stop Playing Up! Youth, Class, Ethnicity, Gender, Health and Physical Education (2010)
Geoff Kohe: Making it Ordinary: An Unexceptional History of the New Zealand Olympic Council and Sporting Ideals in the Dominion, c.1892-1936 (2010)
Holly Thorpe: Boarders, Babes and Bad Asses: Theories of Female Physical Youth Cultures (2007)
Brendan Hokowhitu: Te Mana Maori – Te Tatari I Nga Korero Parau (2002)
Annemarie Jutel: Visions of Vice: Appearance and Policy in Feminine Body Image (2000)

Publications

Booth, D. (2024). Nature sports: Ontology, embodied being, politics. In R. Melo, D. Van Rheenen & S. Gammon (Eds.), Nature sports: Concepts and practice. (pp. 19-33). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Chapter in Book - Other

Booth, D. (2024). [Review of the book Bondi days: An obituary]. Sport in Society, 27(1), 181-183. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2200226 Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2023). Experiments in history: The voice of Bondi. Rethinking History, 27(1), 124-143. doi: 10.1080/13642529.2022.2158644 Journal - Research Article

Booth, D., Phillips, M. G., & Adams, C. (2022). Sport history: Past, present, future. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 391-394). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306 Chapter in Book - Other

Phillips, M. G., Booth, D., & Adams, C. (2022). Sport history journals: Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 315-322). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306 Chapter in Book - Research

2024

Chapter in Book - Other

Booth, D. (2024). Nature sports: Ontology, embodied being, politics. In R. Melo, D. Van Rheenen & S. Gammon (Eds.), Nature sports: Concepts and practice. (pp. 19-33). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2024). [Review of the book Bondi days: An obituary]. Sport in Society, 27(1), 181-183. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2200226

2023

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2023). Experiments in history: The voice of Bondi. Rethinking History, 27(1), 124-143. doi: 10.1080/13642529.2022.2158644

2022

Edited Book - Research

Phillips, M. G., Booth, D., & Adams, C. (Eds.). (2022). Routledge handbook of sport history. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 430p. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Chapter in Book - Research

Phillips, M. G., Booth, D., & Adams, C. (2022). Indigenous sport history: Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 269-274). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Adams, C., Booth, D., & Phillips, M. G. (2022). Emerging themes: Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 199-203). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Booth, D., Adams, C., & Phillips, M. G. (2022). New perspectives on old themes: Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 93-99). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Booth, D., Adams, C., & Phillips, M. G. (2022). History and representing the sporting past: Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 9-15). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Chapter in Book - Other

Phillips, M. G., Booth, D., & Adams, C. (2022). Introduction. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 1-6). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

2021

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2021). Mediating contested narratives of the globalization of sport: The case of surfing. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. (pp. 363-384). London, UK: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0_17

2020

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2020). The burden of over-representation: Race, sport, and philosophy. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37(3), 271-272. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2019-0011

Booth, D. (2020). Nature sports: Ontology, embodied being, politics. Annals of Leisure Research, 23(1), 19-33. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2018.1524306

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2020). Colin Tatz: Sports criticism, history and a 'compulsion to repair a flawed world'. Sporting Traditions, 37(1), 13-33.

2019

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D., & Thorpe, H. (2019). Form and performance in oral history (narratives): Historiographical insights from surfing and snowboarding. International Journal of the History of Sport, 36(13-14), 1136-1156. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1703688

Booth, D. (2019). Physical culture and the making and preservation of Bondi Beach. International Journal of the History of Sport, 36(6), 570-591. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1575815

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2019). [Review of the book Undercurrents of power: Aquatic culture in the African diaspora]. Journal of Sport History, 46(3), 412-414. [Book Review].

Booth, D. (2019). [Review of the book Sport and Modernity]. Sociology of Sport Journal, 36(1), 106-107. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2018-0091

2018

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2018). Living with the beach: Representations of the Otago coast. In F. Steel (Ed.), New Zealand and the sea: Historical perspectives. (pp. 232-250). Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams. doi: 10.7810/9780947518707

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2018). [Review of the book A life in sport and other things: A memoir]. Sporting Traditions, 35(2), 73-75. [Book Review].

Booth, D. (2018). [Review of the book Black pearls: The aboriginal and islander sports hall of fame]. Sporting Traditions, 35(1), 119-121. [Book Review].

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2017). The political economy of surfing culture: Production, profit, and representation. In D. Z. Hough-Snee & A. S. Eastman (Eds.), The critical surf studies reader. (pp. 318-341). Duke University Press.

Booth, D. (2017). Surfing: A global phenomenon. In R. Edelman & W. Wilson (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of sports history. (pp. 225-237). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Chapter in Book - Other

Booth, D. (2017). Colin Tatz: "Compelled to repair a flawed world". In N. Marczak & K. Shields (Eds.), Genocide Perspectives V: A global crime, Australian voices. (pp. 5-24). Sydney, Australia: UTS ePRESS.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Booth, D. (2017). Contested epistemology: Theory and method of international sport studies. Sport in Society, 20(12), 1821-1837. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2017.1232350

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

Thorpe, H., Olive, R., Beall, B., Booth, D., Laurendeau, J., Palmer, C., … Wheaton, B. (2016). Looking back, moving forward? Reflections from early action sport researchers. In H. Thorpe & R. Olive (Eds.), Women in action sport cultures: Identity, politics and experience. (pp. 23-44). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-45797-4_2

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2016). Disentangling race: Re-narrating apartheid sport? International Journal of the History of Sport, 33(15), 1866-1883. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2017.1319359

Booth, D. (2016). The Bondi surfer: An underdeveloped history. Journal of Sport History, 43(3), 272-289.

Booth, D. (2016). Bondi's Big Rock: Explanations and representations in coastal geomorphology. Geographical Research, 54(4), 357-364. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12194

Booth, D. (2016). Origins in history and historiography: A case study of the first swimmer at Bondi Beach. Journal of Sport History, 43(1), 21-36. doi: 10.5406/jsporthistory.43.1.21

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2016). Surf and surf lifesavers as safety hazards: The myth of Bondi's black Sunday. New Zealand Physical Educator, 49(1), 20-22.

Booth, D. (2016). Water Safety in New Zealand and Australia: An introduction to multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and policy. New Zealand Physical Educator, 49(1), 4-5.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Booth, D. (2016, November). Bondi's Big rock: Explanations and representations in coastal geomorphology. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Coastal Society (NZCS) 24th Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Booth, D. (2016, February). Bondi's big rock: Representations in coastal geography. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Geographical Society Conference: Geographical Interactions, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2015). Bruce Kidd, sport history, and social emancipation. In R. Field (Ed.), Playing for change: The continuing struggle for sport and recreation. (pp. 407-436). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Booth, D., & Falcous, M. (2015). History, sociology and critical sport studies. In R. Giulianotti (Ed.), Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport. (pp. 153-163). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

McLachlan, F., & Booth, D. (2015). Who's afraid of the Internet? Swimming in an infinite archive. In G. Osmond & M. G. Phillips (Eds.), Sport history in the digital era. (pp. 227-250). Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2015). The myth of Bondi's Black Sunday. Geographical Research, 53(4), 370-378. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12138

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2015). [Review of the book Aborigines and the ‘Sport of Kings’: Aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing history. Revised Edition]. Australian Historical Studies, 46(1), 131-132. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2015.992825

2014

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2014). Sport history: Modern and postmodern approaches. In P. Delheye (Ed.), Making sport history: Disciplines, identities and the historiography of sport. (pp. 71-99). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2014). Invitation to historians: The historiographical turn of a practicing (sport) historian. Rethinking History, 18(4), 583-598. doi: 10.1080/13642529.2014.893659

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2014). Sport history in Brazil: Cementing local foundations, strengthening a subdiscipline. Journal of Sport History, 40(3), 371-376.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Booth, D. (2014, November). Living with the beach. Keynote presentation at the 22nd New Zealand Coastal Society (NZCS) Annual Conference, Raglan, New Zealand.

Booth, D. (2014, November). The voice of Bondi: An alternative narrative of a beach. Verbal presentation at the Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui: Sensual Landscapes of Ethnography, Auckland, New Zealand.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2013). Politics, ethics, affects: Reflections on a historiographic turn. In R. Pringle & M. Phillips (Eds.), Examining sport histories: Power, paradigms, and reflexivity. (pp. 79-108). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Booth, D. (2013). Constructing knowledge: Histories of modern sport. In D. L. Andrews & B. Carrington (Eds.), A companion to sport. (pp. 23-40). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118325261.ch1

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2013). Narrative form: Understanding representations of olympic pasts. Olympika, XXII, 91-112.

Booth, D. (2013). Remembering Smithells: Past, present, future. Quest, 65(4), 394-411. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2013.773535

Booth, D. (2013). History, culture, surfing: Exploring historiographical relationships. Journal of Sport History, 40(1), 3-20.

Journal - Research Other

Booth, D. (2013). [Review of the book The end of the obesity epidemic]. Sport, Education & Society, 18(2), 267-269. [Book Review].

Booth, D. (2013). [Review of the book Tourism and Australian beach cultures: Revealing bodies]. Annals of Tourism Research, 40, 446-448. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.11.001

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Booth, D. (2013, February). New (bio)social perspectives on extreme. Verbal presentation at the Moving in Extreme Environments Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2012

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2012). Bondi Park: Making, practicing and performing a museum. In M. G. Phillips (Ed.), Representing the sporting past in museums and halls of fame. (pp. 204-230). New York: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2012). Seven (1 + 6) surfing stories: The practice of authoring. Rethinking History, 16(4), 565-585. doi: 10.1080/13642529.2012.697284

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Booth, D. (2012, July). Remembering Smithells: Past, present, future. Keynote presentation at the Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ) National Conference: Change: Challenge & Opportunity in Physical Education, Rotorua, New Zealand.

2011

Authored Book - Research

Booth, D. (2011). Surfing: The ultimate guide. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 155p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2011). Sports. In K. Johnson & S. Jacobs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of South Africa. (pp. 276-280). London, UK: Lynne Rienner.

Booth, D. (2011). History, race, sport: From objective knowledge to socially-responsible narratives. In D. Adair (Ed.), Sport, race, and ethnicity: Narratives of difference and diversity. (pp. 13-39). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Booth, D. (2011). Beach sports. In S. Georgakis & K. Russell (Eds.), Youth sport in Australia. (pp. 149-163). Sydney University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2011). Olympic city bidding: An exegesis of power. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 46(4), 367-386. doi: 10.1177/1012690211408844

Booth, D. (2011). História do esporte: Abordagens em Mutação. Recorde, 4(1). Retrieved from http://www.sport.ifcs.ufrj.br/recorde/pdf/recordeV4N1_2010_13.pdf

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2010). Theory. In S. W. Pope & J. Nauright (Eds.), Routledge companion to sports history. (pp. 12-33). London: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2010). Beyond history: Racial emancipation and ethics in apartheid sport. Rethinking History, 14(4), 461-481. doi: 10.1080/13642529.2010.515803

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Booth, D., & Phillips, M. (2010). The cultural turn in sport history [Editorial]. Sporting Traditions, 27(2), iv-vi.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Booth, D. (2010). History and sociology: Promise, promiscuity and potential. Proceedings of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) 31st Annual Conference: Producing Knowledge, Producing Bodies: Cross-currents in Sociologies of Sport and Physical Culture. (pp. 9). Retrieved from http://www.nasss.org/2010Abstracts.pdf

Other - Edited Journal

Booth, D., & Phillips, M. (Eds.). (2010). Sporting Traditions, 27(2) Special issue: Sport history and the cultural turn [Guest editors]. [Journal Editor].

2009

Journal - Research Article

Loy, J. W., McLachlan, F., & Booth, D. (2009). Connotations of female movement and meaning: The development of women's participation in the Olympic Games. Olympika, XVIII, 1-24.

Hardy, S., Loy, J., & Booth, D. (2009). The material culture of sport: Toward a typology. Journal of Sport History, 36(1), 129-152.

Booth, D. (2009). Sport history and the seeds of a postmodern discourse. Rethinking History, 13(2), 153-174. doi: 10.1080/13642520902833791

Booth, D. (2009). Politics and pleasure: The philosophy of physical education revisited. Quest, 61(2), 133-153.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2008). (Re)reading The surfers' bible: The affects of Tracks. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 22(1), 17-35. doi: 10.1080/10304310701676285

Booth, D. (2008). In-Between the flags: Reflections on a narrative of Surf Life Saving Australia. Rethinking History, 12(2), 165-187. doi: 10.1080/13642520802002125

Other Research Output

Booth, D. (2008, November). From pleasure to politics: Professing a philosophy of physical education. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2007

Edited Book - Research

Booth, D., & Thorpe, H. (Eds.). (2007). Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire, 450p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2007). Surfing. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 317-323). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D. (2007). Open water swimming. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 217-222). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D. (2007). Noll, Greg. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 215). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D., & Thorpe, H. (2007). Meaning of extreme, The. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 181-197). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D. (2007). Hamilton, Laird. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 119-120). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D. (2007). Baumgartner, Felix. In D. Booth & H. Thorpe (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of extreme sports. (pp. 26-27). Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.

Booth, D. (2007). Sport historiography in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Playing with the past. In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society. (2nd ed.) (pp. 51-77). Melbourne, Australia: Thomson.

2006

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. (2006). Managing pleasure and discipline: Clubbies. In E. Jaggard (Ed.), Between the flags: One hundred summers of Australian surf lifesaving. (pp. 75-106). Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.

Booth, D. (2006). Sport historians: What do we do? How do we do it? In M. G. Phillips (Ed.), Deconstructing sport history: A postmodern analysis. (pp. 27-54). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (2006). Sites of truth or metaphors of power? Refiguring the archive. Sport in History, 26(1), 91-109. doi: 10.1080/17460260600661273

2004

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. G. (2004). Surf lifesavers and surfers: Cultural and spatial conflict on the Australian beach. In P. Vertinsky & J. Bale (Eds.), Sites of sport. Space, place, experience. London: Routledge.

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. G. (2003). Expression sessions: Surfing, style, and prestige. In R. E. Rinehart & S. Sydnor (Eds.), To the extreme: Alternative sports, inside and out. (pp. 315-336). New York: State University of New York Press.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (2003). Hitting apartheid for six? The politics of the South African sports boycott. Journal of Contemporary History, 38(3), 477-493.

Booth, D. G. (2003). Theory: The foundation of social change? Sport History Review, 34, 103-132.

Booth, D. G. (2003). Theory: Distorting or enriching sport history? Sport History Review, 34, 1-32.

Booth, D. G., & Nauright, J. (2003). Embodied identities: Sport and race in South Africa. Contours, 1(1), 16-36.

2002

Chapter in Book - Research

Loy, J., & Booth, D. G. (2002). Emile Durkheim: Structural functionalism and the sociology of sport. In J. Maguire & K. Young (Eds.), Theory, Sport and Society. (pp. 41-62). London: Elsevier Press.

Journal - Research Article

Phillips, M., Booth, D. G., & Jaggard, E. (2002). Analyzing disputes in sport history: The surf lifesaving debate. Journal of Sport History, 29(1), 123-145.

Booth, D. G. (2002). On the shoulders of a giant: Bill Mandle and the foundations of sports history in Australia. International Journal of the History of Sport, 19(1), 151-158.

2001

Authored Book - Research

Booth, D. G. (2001). Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf. London: Frank Cass, 260p.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (2001). "From Ritual to Record": Allen Guttmann's Insights into Moderniation and Modernity. Sport History Review, 32(1), 183-191.

Booth, D. G. (2001). From allusion to causal explanation: The comparative method in sports history. International Sports Studies, 22(2), 5-25.

Booth, D. G. (2001). From bikinis to boardshorts: "Wahines" and the paradoxes of surfing culture. Journal of Sport History, 28(1), 1-20.

2000

Authored Book - Research

Booth, D. G., & Tatz, C. (2000). One-Eyed: A View of Australian Sport. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 268p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Loy, J., & Booth, D. G. (2000). Functionalism, sport and society. In E. Dunning & J. Coakley (Eds.), The Handbook of Sport and Society. (pp. 8-27). London: Sage.

Booth, D. G. (2000). Modern sport: Emergence and experiences. In C. Collins (Ed.), Sport in New Zealand Society. (pp. 45-63). Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (2000). Surf lifesaving: Origins of an Australasian 'sport'. International Journal of the History of Sport, 17(2/3), 167-187.

Booth, D. G. (2000). The antinomies of multicultural nationalism: A comparative analysis of Australia and South Africa. International Sports Studies, 21(2), 5-24.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (1999). Gifts of Corruption? Ambiguities of Obligation in the Olympic Movement. Olympika, 8, 1-22.

Booth, D. G., & Loy, J. (1999). Sport, Status, Style. Sport History Review, 30(1), 1-26.

Booth, D. G. (1999). Surfing: The Technological and Cultrual Determinants of a Dance. Culture, Sport, Society, 2(1), 36-55.

Booth, D. G. (1999). Rugby and Nationalist Logic in South Africa. Football Studies, 2(1), 6-25.

1998

Authored Book - Research

Booth, D. G. (1998). The Race Game: Politics and Sport in South Africa. London: Frank Cass, 250p.

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (1998). Healthy, Economic and Disciplined Bodies: Surfbathing and Surf Lifesaving in Australia and New Zealand, 1890-1950. New Zealand Journal of History, 32(1), 43-58.

1997

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. G. (1997). Nudes on the beach and perverts in the dunes. Journal of Australian Studies, (53), 234-258.

Booth, D. G. (1997). Sport History: What can be done? Sport, Education & Society, 2(2), 191-204.

Booth, D. G. (1997). The South African Council on Sport and the political antinomies of the sports boycott. Journal of Southern African Studies, 23(1), 51-66.

1996

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D. G. (1996). Surfing. In D. Levinson & K. Christensen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of World Sport, vol.3. (pp. 984-990). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

1995

Journal - Research Article

Booth, D. (1995). United sport: An alternative hegemony in South Africa? International Journal of the History of Sport, 12(3), 105-124. doi: 10.1080/09523369508713912

Booth, D. (1995). Ambiguities in pleasure and discipline: The development of competitive surfing. Journal of Sport History, 22(3), 189-206.