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Book Title
A Companion to Sport
Publication Date
2013-08-30
ISBN
9781405191609

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1405191600
ISBN-13
9781405191609
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166347228

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Companion to Sport
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Media Studies, Sociology of Sports
Type
Textbook
Author
Ben Carrington
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Series
Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
42.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-048373
Reviews
"No doubt, many students will be inspired by it to undertake further research and create yet new and deeper thoughts on the role sport can play in our society." ( Reference Reviews , 1 December 2014
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Series Volume Number
37
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.483
Table Of Content
Notes on Contributors ix Introduction: Sport as Escape, Struggle, and Art 1 Ben Carrington and David L. Andrews Part One: Sporting Structures and Historical Formations 17 1 Constructing Knowledge: Histories of Modern Sport 23 Douglas Booth 2 Sport and Globalization 41 Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson 3 The Sport/Media Complex: Formation, Flowering, and Future 61 David Rowe 4 Political Theories of Social Class, Sport, and the Body 78 Joshua I. Newman and Mark Falcous 5 Gender, Feminist Theory, and Sport 96 Sheila Scraton and Anne Flintoff 6 Sports Medicine, Health, and the Politics of Risk 112 Parissa Safai 7 Sport, Ecological Modernization, and the Environment 129 Brian Wilson and Brad Millington Part Two: Bodies and Identities 143 8 Paradox of Privilege: Sport, Masculinities, and the Commodifi ed Body 149 Jeffrey Montez de Oca 9 Racism, Body Politics, and Football 164 Mark Q. Sawyer and Cory Charles Gooding 10 Physical Culture, Pedagogies of Health, and the Gendered Body 179 Emma Rich and John Evans 11 Gay Male Athletes and Shifting Masculine Identities 196 Eric Anderson 12 Sport, the Body, and the Technologies of Disability 210 P. David Howe Part Three: Contested Space and Politics 223 13 US Imperialism, Sport, and "the Most Famous Soldier in the War" 229 Toby Miller 14 The Realities of Fantasy: Politics and Sports Fandom in the Twenty-fi rst Century 246 Michael Bérubé 15 Sport, Palestine, and Israel 257 Tamir Sorek 16 Cities and the Cultural Politics of Sterile Sporting Space 270 Michael L. Silk 17 Swimming Pools, Civic Life, and Social Capital 287 Jeff Wiltse Part Four: Cultures, Subcultures, and (Post)Sport 305 18 Sports Fandom 311 Edwin Amenta and Natasha Miric 19 Sporting Violence and Deviant Bodies 327 Kevin Young and Michael Atkinson 20 Dissecting Action Sports Studies: Past, Present, and Beyond 341 Holly Thorpe and Belinda Wheaton 21 Heidegger, Parkour, Post-sport, and the Essence of Being 359 Michael Atkinson 22 Race-ing Men: Cars, Identity, and Performativity 375 Amy L. Best 23 Chess as Art, Science, and Sport 390 Antony Puddephatt and Gary Alan Fine Part Five: Sport, Mega-events, and Spectacle 405 24 Sport Mega-events as Political Mega-projects: A Critical Analysis of the 2010 FIFA World Cup 411 Scarlett Cornelissen 25 Sporting Mega-events, Urban Modernity, and Architecture 427 John Horne 26 Sports, the Beijing Olympics, and Global Media Spectacles 445 Douglas Kellner and Hui Zhang 27 Always Already Excluded: The Gendered Facts of Anti-Blackness and Brazil''s Male Seleção 465 João H. Costa Vargas 28 To Be Like Everyone Else, Only Better: The US Men''s Football Team and the World Cup 481 Grant Farred 29 Sport, Spectacle, and the Political Economy of Mega-events: The Case of the Indian Premier League 493 Ian McDonald and Abilash Nalapat Part Six: Sporting Celebrities/Cultural Icons 507 30 Global Sporting Icons: Consuming Signs of Economic and Cultural Transformation 513 Barry Smart 31 Embodying American Democracy: Performing the Female Sporting Icon 532 C.L. Cole and Michael D. Giardina 32 Monty Panesar and the New (Sporting) Asian Britishness 548 Daniel Burdsey 33 Earl''s Loins - Or, Inventing Tiger Woods 564 Davis W. Houck 34 Deleuze and the Disabled Sports Star 582 Pirkko Markula Index 602
Synopsis
A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics, A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture., From the paternal bonding ritual of a baseball thrown to a small gloved hand, to the shared anxiety and elation of a football crowd, sport has long been a central element of cultures throughout the world. It brings together communities, nations and people with little else in common, whether as an activity or a spectacle, operating as a vital form of human expression. Yet despite its importance as a means of understanding social formations and interpersonal relations, sport has often been viewed by social scientists as a marginal activity. This wide-ranging collection of essays aims to address this inconsistency, exploring the ways in which sport has been marked by the discourses of race, class, gender, sexuality and nation which inform the structure and experience of wider society. Both theoretically ambitious and accessible, A Companion to Sport includes the thoughts of well-known social and cultural theorists whose works lends itself to an interrogation of sport, as well as a number of leading theorists on the subject of sport itself. It is an invaluable extension to the field, and is set to become a default text for anyone interested in contemporary cultural forms and their political significance.
LC Classification Number
GV706.5

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