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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction / Gyozo Molnar & Laura Purdy -- Ethnography in sport-related research : Influences, continuities, possibilities / Carrie Dunn & John Hughson -- -- Part 1: Ethnography: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations -- -- Finding the field : Ethnographic research in exercise settings / Pirkko Markula -- Ethnography as a sensual way of being : Methodological and representational challenges / Andrew C. Sparkes -- Ethnographic creative non-fiction : Exploring the what's, why's and how's / Brett Smith, Kerry R. McGannon & Toni L. Williams -- -- Part 2: Case Studies -- -- Women's lived experiences of health and ageing in physical activity / Meridith Griffin & Cassandra Phoenix -- Suffering and the loneliness of the fell runner : An ethnographic foray / Michael Atkinson -- The boxer in the mirror : The ethnographic-self as a resource while conducting insider research among professional boxers / Alex Stewart -- Considering micropolitical (under)'currents' : Reflections on fieldwork within an elite men's rowing programme / Laura Purdy -- Reflecting on the 'perils of ethnography' : A case study of football fan rivalry in Birmingham / Adam Benkwitz -- The legitimacy of ethnographic filming : Literary thoughts and practical realities / C. Edwards & R.L. Jones -- Traversing ontological dispositions : The intersection between remote Indigenous communities and elite urban-based men's football organisation / Tim Butcher, Chris Hallinan & Barry Judd -- -- Part 3: Future Considerations and Directions -- -- Walking the streets : The flâneur and the sociology of sport / Alan Bairner -- The marginal place of ethnographic research in sport management / John Harris |
| Summary |
Ethnography has become an important method for researching and interpreting the social world, not least in the field of sport and exercise studies. Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research is the first book to provide a contemporary overview of the current state of ethnographic research and its application within sport and exercise, introducing and explaining a range of well-established and emerging ethnographic approaches. Featuring a heavyweight line-up of sport and exercise researchers, the book is divided into three parts. The first considers the methodological and theoretical aspects o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sports -- Anthropological aspects.
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Sports -- Research
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Sports -- Anthropological aspects -- Case studies
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Sports -- Research -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Sports -- Anthropological aspects
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Sports -- Research
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Molnár, Gyözö, edited.
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Purdy, Laura Martha, edited.
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| ISBN |
9781317744566 |
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131774456X |
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9781315794457 |
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1315794454 |
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9781315794457 |
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9781317744542 |
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1317744543 |
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9781317744559 |
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1317744551 |
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9781138705043 |
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1138705047 |
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