Sport matters : sociological studies of sport, violence and civilization / Eric Dunning.
By: Dunning, Eric.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1999Description: ix, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415064139 (hbk); 0415093783 (pbk).Subject(s): Sports -- Sociological aspects | Sports -- Cross-cultural studies | Violence in sportsDDC classification: 306.483Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender.
Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity.
Bibliography: (pages 257-269) and index.
Introduction: sport as a field of sociological enquiry -- On problems of the emotions in sport and leisure -- Sport in the western civilizing process -- Sport in space and time: trajectories of state formation and the early development of modern sport -- The development of soccer as a world game -- The dynamics of sports consumption -- Soccer hooliganism as a world social problem -- Sports crowd violence in North America -- Sport in the process of racial stratification: the case of the USA -- Sport, gender and civilization -- Conclusion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction: Sport as a Field of Sociological Enquiry
- 1 On Problems of the Emotions in Sport and Leisure
- 2 Sport in the Western Civilizing Process
- 3 Sport in Space and Time: State-Formation and the Early Development of Modern Sport
- 4 The Dynamics of Sports Consumption
- 5 The Development of Soccer as a World Game
- 6 Football Hooliganism as a World Social Problem
- 7 Sports Crowd Violence in North America
- 8 Sport in the Process of Racial Stratification: the Case of the USA
- 9 Sport, Gender and Civilisation
- Notes
- Bibliography