The sport and society reader / edited by David Karen and Robert E. Washington. - xiv, 394 pages ; 25 cm

Introduction: Sport: The Game and the Field -- The Big Picture: Theorizing Sports from Sociological Perspectives -- High Brow and Low Brow Contests: Sports with More or Less Class -- Colouring the Game: Race Matters in Sports -- Manning the Field: Gender Myths and Privileges in Sports - Constructing Masculinity -- Socialization -- Nice Guys Finish Last: Athletes Out of Bounds and the Problem of Sports and Deviance -- Certain Kinds of People: Sexuality and Sport -- Growth of Global Community or Neo-Imperialism? National Cultures and the Internationalization of Sports. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

0415772486 9780415772488 0415772494 9780415772495

2009012198


Sports--Social aspects

GV706.5 / .S6963 2010

306.483