Fair and Foul - Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

The sixth edition of Fair and Foul features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction, and a chapter on big-time college sport. The book explores our love of sport as well as its darker side, with new material throughout on topics such as injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia, and more.

About the author

D. Stanley Eitzen is professor emeritus of sociology at Colorado State University, where he taught for twenty-one years, most recently as John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. He is the author or coauthor of twenty-four books, including three on sport, as well as numerous scholarly articles and chapters in scholarly books. He is a former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the recipient of that organization's Distinguished Service Award. Among his other awards, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport.

Summary

The sixth edition of Fair and Foul features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction, and a chapter on big-time college sport. The book explores our love of sport as well as its darker side, with new material throughout on topics such as injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia, and more.

Product details

• Authors: D Stanley Eitzen, D. Eitzen, D. Stanley Eitzen, Eitzen D. Stanley
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781442248434
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4843-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Sociology: sport and leisure, United States of America, USA, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects