| Description |
xi, 267 pages |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Deviant Sport Conventions -- Ch. 1. The Normal and the Pathological in Sport -- Ch. 2. Sport, Deviancy Theory, and Sociological Research -- Pt. II. Deviant Sport Communities -- Ch. 3. Youth Tribes in Sport -- Ch. 4. Animal Violence in Sport -- Pt. III. Deviant Athletic Bodies -- Ch. 5. Body Pathologies in Sport -- Ch. 6. Illness Narratives and Sport -- Pt. IV. Mediating Sport Deviance -- Ch. 7. Criminal Violence in Sport -- Ch. 8. Terror and Security in Sport -- Ch. 9. Toward a Public Sociology of Sport Deviance |
| Summary |
"The world of sport offers a deep - and often-overlooked - source for the study of deviance and its development. Deviance and Social Control in Sport challenges preconceived understandings regarding the relationship of deviance and sport and offers a conceptual framework for future work in a variety of sociological subfields." "Drawing on their research in criminology and deviance in the discipline of sociology, Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young provide a textured understanding of sport-related deviance through the application of various approaches to deviance in a sport context. Using extended case studies, the authors examine the subject of deviance through examples that are popular, understudied, or emerging." |
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"The text explains how forms of wanted and unwanted rule violation are produced by and mediated through social contexts in and around sport. By considering networks of social relationships and how they produce, define, and police rule violation and rule violators, Deviance and Social Control in Sport offers a nuanced and integrated explanation of sport deviance that accounts for the behaviors and practices of both individuals and teams."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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Deviant behavior.
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Social control.
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| Author |
Young, Kevin, 1959-
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| LC no. |
2008015958 |
| ISBN |
9780736060424 (hard cover) |
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0736060421 (hard cover) |
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