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How do migrant youth negotiate their role in society through sport and leisure practices? How can political theory and qualitative critical research work together to make sense of these processes? These are among the questions that led to a long-term investigation of young males' sport practices in Ireland, possibly the most fertile contemporary setting for the analysis of questions of sport and identity.¿
Youth Sport, Migration and Culture emphasises the epistemological and ethical urgency of doing research with rather than on young people. Engaging with the social changes in Irish society through the eyes of children of immigrants growing up in Ireland, the book looks closely at young people's leisure practices in multi-ethnic contexts, and at issues of inclusion in relation to public discourses around 'national identity' and immigration.
Offering compelling analysis of how ideas of race and racism are elaborated through sport, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport, sport development or youth culture.
List of contents
Introduction, 1. Sport, Youth and Migration in the Post-nation Age, 2. Community, Belonging and the Role of the Game, 3. Flexible Positions: Framing Class and Ethnicity On and Off the Pitch, 4. The Death of a Black Teenager, 5. A Team Like No ‘Other’, 6. Follow Up: The Story that Was Not There, Conclusion
About the author
Max Mauro is Lecturer in Sport Studies at Solent University, UK and Visiting Lecturer in Media, Sport and Communication at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK.
Summary
This book emphasizes that research should be done with rather than on young people. Engaging with the social changes in Irish society through the eyes of the first children of immigrants growing up in Ireland, it offers a compelling analysis of how ideas of race and racism emerge and are elaborated in the field of youth sport.
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"Mauro’s important study is not the first to look at racism within grassroots football in Ireland but is certainly the most in-depth account to date … Mauro’s research is an important step in addressing an issue which Irish society has struggled to deal with" – Conor Curran, Trinity College Dublin, Sport in Society
"‘Youth Sport, Migration and Culture’ is a welcome addition to studies on migration, integration and sport, where unlike previous contributions in the field the ethnographic research process and narrative accounts of young people’s trajectories are in the focus. Yet, the book confirms that sport is neither naturally inclusive nor a colour-blind space, but a space, where ‘race’ is actively constructed." – Verena Lenneis, Aalborg University, European Journal for Sport and Society
