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Sport, theory, and social problems : a critical introduction
- Title
- Sport, theory, and social problems : a critical introduction / Eric Anderson.
- Author
- Anderson, Eric, 1968-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV706.5 .A57 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 183 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- What impact does sport have on the lives of ordinary people? How does sport help to perpetuate inequalities in society? This critical textbook examines social exclusion in sport and analyzes the socio-negative attributes associated with competitive, institutionalized sport, for all who play.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Why we overly value organized, competitive teamsport -- Sport's use in teaching obedience to authority and thus complicity with abuse -- Learning to accept, inflict, and enjoy violence and injury -- Sport's use in the maintenance of class -- Sport's use in stratifying men -- Sport's use in marginalizing women -- Sport's use in excluding, reproducing stereotypes, and othering -- Changing sport.
- ISBN
- 9780415571258
- 0415571251
- 9780415571265
- 041557126X
- 9780203857434
- 0203857437
- LCCN
- 2009050203
- OCLC
- ocn462927269
- 462927269
- SCSB-14010352
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library