ABSTRACT This article uses sport as a means of examining aspects of social relationships amongst Falkland Islanders up to the 1982 Falklands War. This examination – researched primarily via archival, newspaper, and interview evidence – is accomplished via four routes. Firstly, rifle shooting, including the territorial Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF)’s annual participation in the National Rifle Association (NRA)’s imperial tournaments, is used examine the application of popular imperialism and gubernatorial power within Falklands society. Horse racing and other agricultural-based sports are used to display how sport was used a means of displaying occupation prowess, in the context of a paternalistic farming (mono)culture created and managed by the absentee landlords of the Falkland Islands Company (FIC). Third: badminton’s popularity, primarily in the capital, Stanley, is applied towards examining the social lives of women, including amongst its British-born community. Finally, football – whose English clubs were well-followed bye Falklands men over the BBC Empire/World Service – is used to elucidate aspects of Islanders’ relationships with their South American neighbours, including Argentina, which continually claimed sovereignty over the Falklands. This article makes the case that sports culture in the Falklands was both reflective of greater trends in British imperial culture, whilst also containing peculiarities relating to its location, demographics, and unusual political status.

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直到 1982 年福克兰群岛的体育和社会关系

摘要 本文使用体育作为研究福克兰群岛居民直到 1982 年马岛战争的社会关系方面的一种手段。这项检查——主要通过档案、报纸和采访证据进行研究——通过四种途径完成。首先，步枪射击，包括福克兰群岛领土国防军（FIDF）每年参加全国步枪协会（NRA）的帝国锦标赛，用于检查流行的帝国主义和州长权力在福克兰群岛社会中的应用。在福克兰群岛公司 (FIC) 的缺席地主创造和管理的家长式农业（单一）文化的背景下，赛马和其他以农业为基础的运动被用来展示体育如何被用作展示职业能力的手段。第三：羽毛球的流行，主要在首都斯坦利，主要用于研究女性的社会生活，包括在英国出生的社区中。最后，足球——其英国俱乐部在 BBC 帝国/世界服务台上受到了福克兰男子的追捧——被用来阐明岛民与其南美邻国的关系的各个方面，包括不断声称对福克兰群岛拥有主权的阿根廷。本文论证了福克兰群岛的体育文化既反映了英国帝国文化的更大趋势，同时也包含与其位置、人口统计和不寻常的政治地位相关的特殊性。足球——英国俱乐部的英国俱乐部在 BBC 帝国/世界服务台上受到了福克兰群岛的追捧——被用来阐明岛民与其南美邻国的关系的各个方面，包括不断声称对福克兰群岛拥有主权的阿根廷。本文论证了福克兰群岛的体育文化既反映了英国帝国文化的更大趋势，同时也包含与其位置、人口统计和不寻常的政治地位相关的特殊性。足球——英国俱乐部的英国俱乐部在 BBC 帝国/世界服务台上受到了福克兰群岛的追捧——被用来阐明岛民与其南美邻国的关系的各个方面，包括不断声称对福克兰群岛拥有主权的阿根廷。本文论证了福克兰群岛的体育文化既反映了英国帝国文化的更大趋势，同时也包含与其位置、人口统计和不寻常的政治地位相关的特殊性。