Bodies, Sports and Social Problems - Regulation, Discipline and Control

Klappentext Sport is increasingly becoming an area of ethical ambiguity in which wider social problems are played out in a concentrated form. Social Problems in Sport provides a theoretical framework for exploring sport and deviance. Zusammenfassung Sport is increasingly becoming an area of ethical ambiguity in which wider social problems are played out in a concentrated form. Social Problems in Sport provides a theoretical framework for exploring sport and deviance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Bodies, Sport and Social Problems Part 1: Bodies and Problems of Regulation 1. Sport, Health and Corporeal Control 3. Fitness, Exercise and Regulated Bodies Part 2: Bodies and Problems of Risk 4. Pain, Emotional Bodies and Risk 5. Sport and Experiencing the Injured Body Part 3: Bodies and Problems of Medicalization 6. Marginalization and Aging Bodies 7. Representation and Disabled Bodies Part 4: Bodies and Problems of Performance 8. Sport, Drugs and the Enhanced Body 9. Cyborgs, Genetics and Body Alterations Part 5: Bodies and Problems of Control 10. Sport, Bodies and Legitimizing Violence 11. Sport, Spectator Violence and Public Order

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• Authors: Jennifer Smith Maguire, Joseph Maguire, Joseph (Loughborough University Maguire, Joseph Mansfield Maguire, Louise Mansfield, Louise (Canterbury Christ Church University Mansfield, Mansfield Louise, Elizabeth Pike, Elizabeth (University of Chichester Pike, Pike Elizabeth, Jennifer Smith Maguire, Jennifer (Leicester University Smith Maguire
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9780415244312
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24431-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Social issues & processes, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Social and ethical issues