Sport a critical sociology - Giulianotti, Richard 1966- (Cambridge Polity Press, 2016)
Functionalist theories of sport: social orders, solidarities and systems -- Weberian and micrososiological approaches to sport: meanings, identities and rationalization -- Marxist and neo-Marxist theories of sport: capitalism, alienation and class conflict -- Cutlural studies approaches to sport: domination, resistancea dn transgression -- 'Race' and ethnicity in sport: competing against racism and intolerance -- Gender and sexuality in sport: playing against patriarchy -- The body in sport: discipline, experience and risk - Sporting places and spaces: fields of affection, commerce and fantasy -- Elias on sport: figurations, civilization and interdependence -- Bourdieu on sport: domination, distinction and the public intellectual -- Postmodern sport: fragmentation, consumption and hyperreality -- Globalization and sport: political economy, cultural creativity and social development -- EpilogueL Towards a critical sociology of sport.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sports -- Sociological aspects