Download or read book Sociology of North American Sport with PowerWeb written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2002-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative text focuses on the role of sport in U.S. and Canadian societies. The approach is sociological, analytical, and critical.
Download or read book Sociology of North American Sport with PowerWeb Bind in Passcard written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative text focuses on the role of sport in U.S. and Canadian societies. The approach is sociological, analytical, and critical.
Download or read book Sociology of North American Sport written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that set the standard for sports textbooks has been extensively revised and updated for its new eighth edition. Among the many new topical additions are elite child athletics, gambling in college sports, performance enhancement drugs, sport and nationalism after 9/11, the Beijing Olympics, Nike and other corporations, the power of media in sport, and more on minorities and on disabilities in sport.
Download or read book Sociology of North American Sport written by George Harvey Sage and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its eleventh edition, Sociology of North American Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society. Bringing a unique viewpoint to the subject, George H. Sage, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Becky Beal analyze and, in turn, demythologize sport. This method promotes an understanding of how a sociological perspective differs from commonsense perceptions about sport and society, helping students to understand sport in a new way.
Download or read book Sociology of American Sport written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power and Ideology in American Sport written by George Harvey Sage and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at American sport from a different perspective - hegemony (a sociopolitical situation in which one way of life is dominant and is diffused throughout various social institutions and cultural practices).
Download or read book Sociology of Sport written by Eitzen Stanley and published by William C Brown Pub. This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fair and Foul written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport’s darker side—the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction that lays out the two themes of the book with fresh examples, and a significantly revised chapter on college sport that asks whether or not big-time college sports are compatible with higher education. This edition also features new material throughout, such as the rising costs and increasing injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia in sport, “one and done,” and more. Fair and Foul draws on examples ranging from youth to pro sports to give us a deeper understanding of how sports shape our everyday world. Ideal for sparking classroom discussion, Fair and Foul is an excellent book for students of sports and society, American culture, and other courses
Download or read book Sociology of Sport written by George Harvey Sage and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now in its twelfth edition, Sociology of Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society. Bringing a unique viewpoint to the subject, George H. Sage, D. Stanley Eitzen, Becky Beal, and Matthew Atencio analyze and, in turn, demythologize sport. This method promotes an understanding of how a sociological perspective differs from commonsense perceptions about sport and society, helping students to understand sport in a new way"--
Download or read book Studies in the Sociology of Sport written by North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Conference and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sociology of Sport and Social Theory written by Earl Smith and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport while addressing traditional and contemporary sociological theories.
Download or read book Globalizing Sport written by George H. Sage and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also a huge worldwide industry. In Globalizing Sport, George Sage invites readers to explore a deeper understanding of the global dynamics of sport - not only competitions but of the big businesses of money, media coverage, athletic apparel and more. He shows how phenomena such as migration, labour, commerce and politics affect the athletes and the fans, continually reshaping the business and experience of sport. Globalizing Sport puts sport in its political, economic and social context, revealing its connections with businesses, countries, media outlets and education systems.
Download or read book Sport in Contemporary Society written by D. Stanley Eitzen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book is about the role of sport in society that transcends stereotypes. It is essential reading for sociology of sport students. This revised edition features twenty-two new or revised articles and essays, covering such topics as masculinity and sports, mascots and team names, performance-enhancing drugs, and the Penn State scandal.
Download or read book Sport in a Changing World written by Howard Nixon II and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "golden triangle" of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world. This edition is a condensed and updated version of the first edition, with an emphasis on current social issues in sport. It also has more global content. The golden triangle concept is more developed and applied more extensively. Other key themes of the first edition—power, status, and inequality—are also more developed. New "Stop and Think Questions" have been added to challenge students to think about the meaning of what they have read. The book is now divided into five sections. The new sections highlight sociology and the sociology of sport; inequality and diversity; globalization and social deviance; major social contexts of sport, including the high school, college, and professional levels; and power, political economy, and global sports.
Download or read book Sociology of Sport written by Susan L. Greendorfer and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sports in Society written by Jay J. Coakley and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2004 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPORT IN SOCIETY is the definitive text for the sport sociology course. Taking a global, issues-oriented approach to study the role of sport in society, this text encourages the discussion of current sports-related controversies and helps students develop critical thinking skills.
Download or read book Power at Play written by Michael A. Messner and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award 1993Based on interviews with a diverse group of former high school, college, and professional athletes, Power at Play examines the important role sports play in defining masculinity for American men.
