- 208 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Sport and Social Identities
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: Sport and Social Identities
- 1 Identity, Recognition or Redistribution through Sport?
- 2 The Paralympic Movement: Identity and (Dis)ability
- 3 Professional Identities and the Practice of Sport Medicine in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of Two Sporting Contexts
- 4 Shaping up to the Men: (Re)creating Identities in Women’s Football
- 5 Split between Nations: Tracking the Transnational Identity of Sydney Maree
- 6 Sport, Religion and Social Identity: Physical Education and Muslim Independent Schooling
- 7 Sport and Metrosexual Identity: Sports Media and Emergent Sexualities
- 8 Sport, Celebrity and Identity: A Socio-legal Analysis
- Afterword: Sport and Social Identities Reconsidered
- Index