Research Catalog

Title

In foreign fields : the politics and experiences of transnational sport migration / Thomas F. Carter.

Author

Carter, Thomas F., 1967-

Publication

London : Pluto ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description

xii, 240 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

In Foreign Fields examines the lives, decisions and challenges faced by transnational sport migrants -- those professionals working in the sports industry who cross borders as part of their professional lives. Despite a great deal of romance surrounding international celebrity athletes, the vast majority of transnational sport migrants -- players, journalists, coaches, administrators and medical personnel -- toil far away from the limelight. Based on twelve years of ethnographic research conducted on three continents, Thomas F. Carter traces their lives, routes and experiences, documenting their travels and travails.

Series Statement

Anthropology, culture and society

Uniform Title

Anthropology, culture, and society

Subject

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Ethnology
• Sports personnel > Employment > Foreign countries
• Transnationalism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-224) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Routes and strategies of transnational sport migration -- 2. Striding across the fields of global sport -- 3. Sport and the state: tensions of sovereignty and citizenship -- 4. NEOsport and the production of transnational sport migrants -- 5. Family matters: risks and costs of mobility -- 6. Illegal motion: undocumented migration and the production of illegality.

ISBN

• 9780745330150 (hardback)
• 0745330150 (hardback)
• 9780745330143 (paperback.)
• 0745330142 (paperback.)

OCLC

752132815

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library