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Author Blackshaw, Tony, 1960-

Title New perspectives on sport and deviance : consumption, performativity, and social control / Tony Blackshaw and Tim Crabbe
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description xii, 211 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction : endings or new beginnings? -- 2. Gladiatorial sociology : grand narratives, deviancy theory and sport -- 3. Beyond grand narratives : poststructuralism, new directions and functionalist legacies -- 4. Understanding sport and 'deviance' in liquid modernity : a conceptual 'toolkit' -- 5. 'Talking tactics' : representing 'deviance' in sport -- 6. The premiership : sporting soap opera and consumptive 'deviance' -- 7. Cruising and the performativity of consumptive 'deviance' -- 8. 'Jumpers for goalposts' : the community sports agenda and the search for effective social control -- 9. Conclusion : they call it 'roasting'
Summary "New Perspectives on Sport and 'Deviance' awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and in so doing offers a compelling defence of its title. It will appeal both to academics and students of sport, sociology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sports -- Sociological aspects.
Deviant behavior.
Social control.
Author Crabbe, Tim.
LC no. 2004040957
ISBN 0415288851 paperback
0415288843 hardback
Other Titles Sport and deviance : consumption, performativity, and social control