| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-326) and index. |
| Contents |
A sociological perspective of sport -- Social images and sport -- Structures of social inequality: social class and sport -- Structures of social inequality: gender inequality in sport -- Structures of social inequality: racial inequality in sport -- Sport and the state: the political economy of American sport -- Commercialization of sport: from informal to corporate -- Mass media and sport: managing images, impressions, and ideology -- The professional team sports |
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industry -- Power and ideology in intercollegiate sport -- Building character through youth and school sport -- Sport as a site for agency: resistance and transformation. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0880116609 paperback |
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