Sport and Social Identities

Playing and watching sport can teach us a great deal about wider social issues. This book looks at how identities are constructed and reinforced in sport, exploring notions of race, class, sexuality and nationalism. With contributions from international experts, this book is key reading for students of sociology and sports studies.>

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction: Sport and Social Identities;A.Parker& J.Harris
Identity,Recognition or Redistribution Through Sport; G.Jarvie
The Paralympic Movement; P.David Howe
Professional Identity and the Practice of Sport Medicine in Canada; N.Theberge
Shaping Up to the Men; J.Harris
Split Between Nations; T.Walton
Sport, Social Identity and Islam; S.Farooq& A.Parker
Sport and Metrosexual Identity;B.Clayton& J.Harris
Sport, Celebrity and Identity; A.Parker
Afterword: Sport, and Social Identities Reconsidered;J.Harris& A.Parker.

About the author

JOHN HARRIS is an Associate Professor in Sport Administration at Kent State University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: John Harris, John Parker Harris, Andrew Parker
• Assisted by: John Harris (Editor), Andrew Parker (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2009
• EAN: 9780230535282
• ISBN: 978-0-230-53528-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Social Sciences, Sport Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sports—Sociological aspects, gender;identity;Nation;nationalism;sociology;Sport