The sixth edition of Fair and Foul features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction, and a chapter on big-time college sport. The book explores our love of sport as well as its darker side, with new material throughout on topics such as injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia, and more.
The sixth edition of Fair and Foul features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction, and a chapter on big-time college sport. The book explores our love of sport as well as its darker side, with new material throughout on topics such as injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia, and more.
D. Stanley Eitzen is professor emeritus of sociology at Colorado State University, where he taught for twenty-one years, most recently as John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. He is the author or coauthor of twenty-four books, including three on sport, as well as numerous scholarly articles and chapters in scholarly books. He is a former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the recipient of that organization's Distinguished Service Award. Among his other awards, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport.
Inhaltsangabe
The Duality of SportSport Unites Sport DividesNames Logos Mascots and Flags: The Contradictory Uses of Sports SymbolsSport Is Fair Sport Is FoulSport Is Healthy Sport Is DestructiveThe Organization of Youth Sport: Issues and ConsequencesSport Is Expressive Sport Is ControlledAre Sports Played on a Level Playing Field? Issues of Race Class and GenderThe Mass Media and Sport: Distorted Windows Blinders and Game ChangersBig-Time College Sports: Commercialized Sport within AcademiaSport as the Path to Success? Myth and RealityProfessional Sports Franchises: Public Teams Private BusinessesThe Globalization of SportThe Challenge: Changing SportNotes Index
The Duality of SportSport Unites Sport DividesNames Logos Mascots and Flags: The Contradictory Uses of Sports SymbolsSport Is Fair Sport Is FoulSport Is Healthy Sport Is DestructiveThe Organization of Youth Sport: Issues and ConsequencesSport Is Expressive Sport Is ControlledAre Sports Played on a Level Playing Field? Issues of Race Class and GenderThe Mass Media and Sport: Distorted Windows Blinders and Game ChangersBig-Time College Sports: Commercialized Sport within AcademiaSport as the Path to Success? Myth and RealityProfessional Sports Franchises: Public Teams Private BusinessesThe Globalization of SportThe Challenge: Changing SportNotes Index
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