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Key Concepts in Sports Studies

Name: Key Concepts in Sports Studies
Brand: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
SKU: 9780761949640
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By Stephen Wagg, Belinda Wheaton, Carlton Brick, Jayne Caudwell
Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Release Date: December 20, 2009
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 264

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Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies. Clear, well researched entries explain the key concepts in the debates surrounding the social significance and social dynamics of sport. Each entry provides: * Clear Definitions * Relevant Examples * Up-to-date Suggestions for Further Reading * Informative Cross-Referencing Valuable in its parts and indispensable as a whole this book will provide a stimulating, practical guide to the relationship between sport and society. Stephen Wagg is Professor of Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University. Carlton Brick lectures in the School of Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley. Belinda Wheaton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton. Jayne Caudwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.

Alienation Amateurism Capitalism Commodification Consumption Culture Discourse & Post-Structuralism Doping, Drugs Ethics Ethnography Extreme Fandom Feminism Gender Globalisation Habitus Hegemony History Identity & Difference Ideology Imperialism Marxism Methods Olympism Politics, Policy & Power Postmodernism / Postmodernity Race & Ethnicity Rationalism Semiotics Sexuality Social Class State, Nation & Nationalism The Body The Civilizing Process The Environment The Sociological Imagination

The book takes the reader on a journey of discovery though issues such as amateurism, commodification, consumption, culture, globalisation and the 'Olympism' philosophy of life, as well as the politics, policy, power and social dynamics that underpin the sporting world. With an excellent choice of examples to illustrate the concepts, backed up by informed writing, this book will make an invaluable resource and reference for students of sport studies. But it will be an equal good read for everyone who has an interest in sports-related issues, competition, health, fitness and wellbeing. -- Garry McGurk

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