New perspectives on sport and 'deviance' : consumption, performativity, and social control /
This book awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and offers an evocative approach which will appeal both to academics and students alike.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Reviewing perspectives on sport and 'deviance'; Introduction: endings or new beginnings?; Gladiatorial sociology: grand narratives, deviancy theory and sport; Beyond grand narratives: poststructuralism, new directions and functionalist legacies; Re-imagining theory and 'method'; Understanding sport and 'deviance' in liquid modernity: a conceptual 'toolkit'; 'Talking tactics': representing 'deviance' in sport; 'Watching the game': evoking the new aesthetics of sport and 'deviance'; The Premiership: sporting soap opera and consumptive 'deviance'