Matters of Sport - Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm, Dominic; Waddington, Ivan Zusammenfassung This festschrift in honour of Eric Dunning – the leading sports sociologist in the English- speaking world – addresses his contributions to the sociological and historical study of sport with reflections from leading international academics. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Sport in Society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Eric Dunning and the Development of the Sociology of Sport2. The Gendering of Sports Injury: A Look at 'Progress' in Women's Sport Through a Case Study of the Biomedical Discourse on the Injured Athletic Body 3. The Leicester School and the Study of Soccer Hooliganism4. Civilized Mayhem: Origins and Early Development of American Football5. Millwall and the Making of Football's Folk Devils: Revisiting the Leicester period6. Boxing Blind: The Development of a Predominantly Unplanned Process 7. Illusion in Sport 8. Sport and Gender Relations9. Sport, Physical Education and Figurational Sociology 10. Sports Celebrity and the Civilizing Process

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dominic (Loughborough University Malcolm
• Collaboration: Dominic Malcolm (Editeur), Malcolm Dominic (Editeur), Ivan Waddington (Editeur), Waddington Ivan (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.12.2007
• EAN: 9780714682822
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8282-2
• Pages: 208
• Thème: Sport in the Global Society
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & cultural history, Society & culture: general, history of sport, Social and cultural history, Society and culture: general