Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport

Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport
ISBN-10
0736037101
ISBN-13
9780736037105
Category
Sports
Pages
479
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Authors
Andrew Yiannakis, Merrill J. Melnick

Description

Melnick, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport includes: an exploration of topics and themes that have received limited attention in other sociology of sport texts but have been long-standing social concerns; a review of the attitudes toward female athletes and the anti-homosexual phobias present in sport; an in-depth look at the impoverishment of children's games in America; an overview of high school sport participation; a study of the challenges and benefits of the big-time collegiate sport experience; a critique of television's impact on sport and its portrayal of gender and race, and a review of sport and globalization. Unit I provides the reader with a historical background on the development of sociology of sport and addresses several critical issues about the relationship between sociology, physical education, and sociology of sport.

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