Sport in Society ( IF 1.578 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 , DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2020.1847087 Kieran James 1 , Yogesh Nadan 2
Abstract
This article uses the qualitative ‘narrative analysis’ method to explore and reflect upon the post-retirement issues faced by a small sample of Fiji elite ex-national-league soccer players. The sample consists of one Indo-Fijian and six indigenous Fijians. All experience lives of practical poverty and, for the indigenous men, their lives are defined by village customary routines and obligations. Perhaps surprisingly, the experiences of the Indo-Fijian ex-player are not too dissimilar because he shares social-class affiliation with his interviewed ex-teammates. The bonds between these ex-players remain strong and the ex-legend Joe Tubuna, killed in a motor-vehicle accident in 1984, still casts a presence which links them to the past, to the land, and to each other via the medium of shared localized memories.
中文翻译:
乔·图布纳 (Joe Tubuna) 阴影下的退休后忧郁:斐济土著足球精英的退休后挣扎
摘要
本文使用定性“叙述分析”方法来探索和反思一小部分斐济精英前国家联赛足球运动员面临的退休后问题。样本由一名印度裔斐济人和六名土著斐济人组成。所有人都经历过实际贫困的生活,对于土著人来说,他们的生活是由村庄的习俗和义务决定的。也许令人惊讶的是,这位印度-斐济前球员的经历并没有太大的不同,因为他与接受采访的前队友有着社会阶层的联系。这些前球员之间的联系依然牢固,前传奇人物乔·图布纳(Joe Tubuna)在 1984 年的一场机动车事故中丧生,他仍然通过共享本地化记忆。