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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Prologue
Towards a sociological definition of sport
The historical and international dimensions of sport
Book contents
1 Functionalist Theories of Sport: Social Orders, Solidarities and Systems
Durkheimian sociology: social order, solidarity and religion
Sport, social solidarity and religion
Structural functionalism: Parsons and Merton
Luhmann and social systems
Goffman and the microsocial order
Concluding comments
2 Weberian and Microsociological Approaches to Sport: Meanings, Identities and Rationalization
Interpretive social theories and the meaning of sport
Rationalization and sport
Contemporary rationalization: Ritzer’s McDonaldization thesis
Concluding comments
3 Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theories of Sport: Capitalism, Alienation and Class Conflict
Marx and the critique of capitalism
Marxists and neo-Marxists on sport and mass culture
Neo-Marxist sociologies of sport
The Frankfurt School
Neo-Marxism and the commodification of sport
Concluding comments
4 Cultural Studies Approaches to Sport: Domination, Resistance and Transgression
Cultural Studies: origins and key themes
Hegemony theory
Resistance, transgression and the carnivalesque
A normative focus in Cultural Studies
Physical Cultural Studies
Concluding comments
5 ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Sport: Competing against Racism and Intolerance
‘Race’, athleticism and sport performance
Racism and sport: outlining international histories
Sport, ‘race’ and social stratification
Cultural, ideological and aesthetic issues
Racism and ethnicity: cultural prejudices and intolerance
Concluding comments
6 Gender and Sexuality in Sport: Playing against Patriarchy
The making of sexist sport
Women and modern sport
LGBT cultural politics and sport
Making men through sport: hegemony and diversity
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
7 The Body in Sport: Discipline, Experience and Risk
Foucault and the body: discipline and governmentality
The body, sport and phenomenology
The body and sporting risks
Sport, voluntary risk-taking and ‘peak experiences’
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
8 Sporting Places and Spaces: Fields of Affection, Commerce and Fantasy
Sport places and emotional attachments
Political economy and sport arenas
Postmodern sport stadiums
Sport stadiums, security and social control
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
9 Elias on Sport: Figurations, Civilization and Interdependence
Human figurations, mimesis and the spare-time spectrum
The civilizing process
Figurational sociology and football hooliganism
Figurational sociology and the sociology of sport
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
10 Bourdieu on Sport: Domination, Distinction and the Public Intellectual
Bourdieu’s theoretical framework
Distinction: the stratification of sporting tastes
The politics of research
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
11 Postmodern Sport: Fragmentation, Consumption and Hyperreality
Postmodern and poststructuralist social theories
The postmodern world and dedifferentiation
Postmodernity and social identities
Postmodern sport and the new middle classes
Postmodern sport and the new capitalism
Extreme postmodern culture: Jean Baudrillard and hyperreality
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
12 Globalization and Sport: Political Economy, Cultural Creativity and Social Development
Political-economic aspects of global sport
Socio-cultural aspects of global sport
Sport for development and peace
Concluding comments
Questions for discussion
Epilogue: Towards a Critical Sociology of Sport
References
Index
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