Key Concepts in Sports Studies

Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject, this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies. Clear, well researched entries explain the key concepts in the debates surrounding the social significance and social dynamics of sport. Each entry provides: clear definitions; relevant examples; up-to-date suggestions for further reading; and, informative cross-referencing. Valuable in its parts and indispensable as a whole, this book will provide a stimulating, practical guide to the relationship between sport and society. Stephen Wagg is Professor of Sport and Society at Leeds Metropolitan University. Carlton Brick lectures in the School of Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley. Belinda Wheaton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton. Jayne Caudwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.

ISBN 0761949658   Pages 264 ISBN13 9780761949657 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd   Weight (grammes) 340 Imprint SAGE Publications Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 208 Publication date 14 Sep 2009   Width (mm) 147 Library of Congress GV568   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 306.483   Academic level General, Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC22

		Alienation
		Amateurism
		Capitalism
		Commodification/Commodity Fetishism
		Consumption
		Culture
		Discourse and Post-Structuralism
		Doping/Drugs
		Ethics
		Ethnography
		Extreme Sport
		Fandom
		Feminism
		Gender
		Globalisation/Anti-Globalisation
		Habitus
		Hegemony
		History
		Identity and Difference
		Ideology
		Imperialism/The Post-Colonial
		Marxism
		Methods
		Olympism
		Politics/Policy/Power
		Postmodernisrn/Postrnodernity
		'Race' and Ethnicity
		Rationalisation
		Semiotics
		Sexuality
		Social Class
		State, Nation and Nationalism
		The Body/Embodiment
		The Civilising Process
		More...

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