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New perspectives on sport and 'deviance' : consumption, performativity and social control
- Title
- New perspectives on sport and 'deviance' : consumption, performativity and social control / Tony Blackshaw and Tim Crabbe.
- Author
- Blackshaw, Tony, 1960-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV706.5 .B582 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Crabbe, Tim.
- Description
- xii, 211 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "New Perspectives on Sport and 'Deviance' awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and in so doing offers a compelling defence of its title. It will appeal both to academics and students of sport, sociology and cultural studies."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-201) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction : endings or new beginnings? -- 2. Gladiatorial sociology : grand narratives, deviancy theory and sport -- 3. Beyond grand narratives : poststructuralism, new directions and functionalist legacies -- 4. Understanding sport and 'deviance' in liquid modernity : a conceptual 'toolkit' -- 5. 'Talking tactics' : representing 'deviance' in sport -- 6. The premiership : sporting soap opera and consumptive 'deviance' -- 7. Cruising and the performativity of consumptive 'deviance' -- 8. 'Jumpers for goalposts' : the community sports agenda and the search for effective social control -- 9. Conclusion : they call it 'roasting'.
- ISBN
- 0415288843
- 9780415288842
- 0415288851
- 9780415288859
- 9780203508275
- 0203508270
- LCCN
- 2004040957
- OCLC
- ocm54001441
- 54001441
- SCSB-1362361
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library