Significance and Roles of Sports in Establishing Identities among the Newly Migrated.

本研究的主要目的是探讨(1)橄榄球与澳洲南太平洋移民之间的关系；(2)足球与澳洲南欧及东欧移民之间的关系；(3)体育与欧洲及美国人在日本建立的运动及社交俱乐部之间的关系；(4)殖民及后殖民时期台湾及韩国的棒球运动与日本人、在日台湾人及在日朝鲜人之间的关系。研究结果表明，体育在移民身份认同的建立中发挥了重要而有效的作用。

The primary purpose of this research is to investigate relationships between(1) rugby and immigrants from the South Pacific in Australia,(2) soccer and immigrants from South and Eastern Europe in Australia,(3) sports and an athletic and social club established by Europeans and Americans in Japan, and(4) baseball in Taiwan and Korea during the colonial and postcolonial periods and Japanese, Taiwanese in Japan and Koreans in Japan. Research results indicate sports have played important and effective roles for immigrants to establish their sense of identities.