| Description |
viii, 248 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Early experiences : being introduced to sports -- Young children's social constructions of physicality and gender / Cynthia A. Hasbrook -- Through the eyes of youth : "deep play" in PeeWee ice hockey / Alan G. Ingham and Alison Dewar -- Playing sports and social acceptance : the experiences of immigrant and refugee students in Garden City, Kansas / Mark A. Grey -- Late to the line : starting sport competition as an adult / Kitty Porterfield -- Little League mothers and the reproduction of gender / Janet Saltzman Chafetz and Joseph A. Kotarba -- Pt. 2. Experience and identity : becoming an athlete -- Rock climbers and rugby players : identity construction and confirmation / Peter Donnelly and Kevin Young -- Making decisions : how young people become involved and stay involved in sports / Jay Coakley and Anita White -- Becoming an international athlete : making decisions about identity / Christopher Stevenson -- Coming of age in North America : socialization of Dominican baseball players / Alan M. Klein -- Becoming 100 percent straight / Michael A. Messner -- The game begins at home : women's labor in the service of sport / Shona Thompson -- Pt. 3. Deep in the experience : doing sports -- High school football : deep in the heart of South Tejas / Douglas E. Foley -- Skateboarding : an alternative to mainstream sports / Becky Beal -- Being physical : sources of pleasure and satisfaction in women's ice hockey / Nancy Theberge -- Jay White Hawk : Mesquaki athlete, AIM hellraiser, and anthropological informant / Douglas E. Foley -- College athletes in high-profile media sports : the consequences of glory / Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler -- Fans, status, and the gift of golf / Todd Crosset -- Wives incorporated : marital relationships in professional ice hockey / Wendy Thompson -- Pt. 4. Transition experiences : facing life beyond the playing field -- Threats to sport careers : elite athletes talk about injury and pain / Kevin Young and Philip White -- When the balance is gone : the sport and retirement experiences of elite female gymnasts / Anna Dacyshyn -- Moving on : leaving pro sports / Derek A. Swain -- Retiring from the sideline : becoming more than "hockey's daughter" and "football's wife" / Bette McKenzie |
| Summary |
This is just one of the questions asked by this unique collection of personal stories of people involved in sport. Told by researchers who have closely observed what happens in the areas where people play sport and interviewed the participants, the contributions not only show how sport studies can contribute to the wider study of society, but also describe the difficulties and challenges involved in research of this kind. Inside Sports is divided under four main sections which cover the major important social processes that make up sport experiences in different settings and of different people: early experiences: being introduced to sports experience and identity: becoming an athlete deep in the experience: doing sports transition experiences: life beyond the playing field In its extensive coverage of the topic as well as its discussion of research methods, Inside Sports will be essential reading for students at all levels learning to do research in this growing area of interest |
| Analysis |
Athlete |
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Experience |
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Society |
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Sociology |
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Sport |
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Theory |
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étudiant sport * sociologie |
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sport * sociologie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Coakley, Jay J.
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Donnelly, Peter.
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| LC no. |
98036508 |
| ISBN |
0415170885 (hbk.) |
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0415170893 (paperback) |
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