Power played: a critical criminology of sport

"This innovative collection argues that modern sport can be characterized by problematic power relations linked to violence, harm, deviance, and punishment. On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the o...

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Beteiligte: Silva, Derek M. D. (HerausgeberIn) ; Kennedy, Liam (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver Toronto UBC Press [2022]
In:Jahr: 2022
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Criminology
Sports > Sociological aspects
Sports - Sociological aspects
Aufsatzsammlung
Sport > Kampfsport > Hockey > Rugby > Strafe > Gewalttätigkeit > Männlichkeit
Parallele Ausgabe:Erscheint auch als: Power played. - Vancouver : UBC Press, 2022. - 0774867817. - 9780774867818
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Zusammenfassung:"This innovative collection argues that modern sport can be characterized by problematic power relations linked to violence, harm, deviance, and punishment. On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist nationalism of the impassioned sports fan. Power Played illuminates how criminal/judicial discourses and practices reinforce social inequalities and blows the whistle on the harm, violence, and exploitation embedded in sport."--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:ix, 400 Seiten, 24 cm
ISBN:9780774867795
9780774867801