Blackshaw, Tony,  1960- <br/><br/>
New perspectives on sport and 'deviance' :  consumption, performativity and social control / 
Tony Blackshaw and Tim Crabbe. 
 - xii, 211 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : endings or new beginnings? --  Gladiatorial sociology : grand narratives, deviancy theory and sport --  Beyond grand narratives : poststructuralism, new directions and functionalist legacies --  Understanding sport and 'deviance' in liquid modernity : a conceptual 'toolkit' --  'Talking tactics' : representing 'deviance' in sport --  The premiership : sporting soap opera and consumptive 'deviance' --  Cruising and the performativity of consumptive 'deviance' --  'Jumpers for goalposts' : the community sports agenda and the search for effective social control --  Conclusion : they call it 'roasting'.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
<br/><br/> "New Perspectives on Sport and 'Deviance' awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and in so doing offers a compelling defence of its title. It will appeal both to academics and students of sport, sociology and cultural studies."--Jacket.  "New Perspectives on Sport and 'Deviance' awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and in so doing offers a compelling defence of its title. It will appeal both to academics and students of sport, sociology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415288843 9780415288842 0415288851 9780415288859 0203508270 9780203508275 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004040957 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Sociological aspects<br/>Deviant behavior<br/>Social control
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV706.5  / .B582 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.483