The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society

"The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society features leading international scholars' assessments of scholarly inquiry about sport and society. Divided into six sections, chapters consider dominant issues within key areas, approaches (theory and method) featured in inquiry, and debates needing resolution. Part I: Society and Values considers matters of character, ideology, power, politics, policy, nationalism, diplomacy, militarism, law, ethics, and religion. Part II: Enterprise and Capital considers globalization, spectacle, mega-events, Olympism, corruption, impacts on cities, communities, and the environment, and the press of leadership cultures, economic imperatives, and marketing. Part III: Participation and Cultures considers questions of health and well-being, violence, the medicalization of injury, influences of science and technology, substance use and abuse, the roles of coaching and emotion, challenges of child maltreatment, climates for scandal and athlete activism, and questions over animals in sporting competition. Part IV: Lifespan and Careers considers child socialization, youth and elite athlete development, the roles of sport in education and social mobility, migratory sport labor practices, arcs defining athletic careers, aging, and retirement, and emergent lifestyle sport cultures. Part V: Inclusion and Exclusion considers sport's role in social inclusion and exclusion, development and discrimination, and features treatments of race and ethnicity, indigenous experiences, the intersection of bodily ideals, obesity, and disability, and the gendered impacts on masculinities, femininities, and non-binary experience. Part VI: Spectator Engagement and Media considers sporting heroism and celebrity, fandom and hooliganism, gambling and match-fixing, and the influences of sport journalism, television and film treatments, advertising, and new media"-- Provided by publisher Cover The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society Copyright Contents About the Editor About the Contributors Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sport, Society, and Scholarly Inquiry Part I Society and Values 2. Sport, Values, and Character 3. Sport, Ideology, and Power 4. Sport, Policy, and Politics 5. Sport, Nationalism, and National Identities 6. Sport, Diplomacy, and Rapprochement 7. Sport, Militarism, and Signification 8. Sport, Law, and Ethics 9. Sport, Religion, and Beliefs Part II. Enterprise and Capital 10. Sport, Globalization, and Glocalization 11. Sport, Spectacle, and Mega-​Events 12. Sport, Olympic Ideals, and Realities 13. Sport, Corruption, and Fraud 14. Sport, Cities, and Communities 15. Sport, the Environment, and Geopolitics 16. Sport, Leadership, and Social Responsibility 17. Sport, Economics, and Finance 18. Sport, Marketing, and Consumer Culture 19. Sport, Tourism, and Social Impacts Part III. Participation and Cultures 20. Sport, Health, and Well-​Being 21. Sport, Aggressive Play, and Violence 22. Sport, Injury, and Medical Intervention 23. Sport, Science, and Technology 24. Sport, Drugs, and Doping 25. Sport, Alcohol, and Ritual 26. Sport, Coaching, and Performance 27. Sport, Emotion, and Engagement 28. Sport, Child Maltreatment, and Sexual Violence 29. Sport, Scandal, and Social Morality 30. Sport, Social Movements, and Athlete Activism 31. Sport, Animals, and Humans Part IV. Lifespan and Careers 32. Sport, Children, and Socialization 33. Sport, Youth, and Elite Development 34. Sport, Education, and Opportunity 35. Sport, Social Mobility, and Elite Athletes 36. Sport, Labor, and Migration 37. Sport, Athletic Careers, and Retirement 38. Sport, Aging, and Adaptation 39. Sport, Lifestyle, and Alternate Pathways Part V. Inclusion and Exclusion 40. Sport, Social Inclusion, and Development 41. Sport, Social Exclusion, and Discrimination 42. Sport, Race, and Ethnicity 43. Sport, Indigeneity, and Native Identities 44. Sport, Bodily Ideals, and Obesity 45. Sport, Disability, and Inclusion 46. Sport, Masculinities, and Heteronormativity 47. Sport, Femininities, and Heteronormativity 48. Sport, Transgender Athletes, and Nonbinary Experience Part VI Spectator Engagement and Media 49. Sport, Heroes, and Celebrities 50. Sport, Spectatorship, and Fandom 51. Sport, Fan Violence, and Hooliganism 52. Sport, Gambling, and Match-​Fixing 53. Sport, Journalism, and Social Reproduction 54. Sport, Television, and Structuration 55. Sport, Film, and the Cultural Imaginary 56. Sport, Advertising, and Promotional Culture 57. Sport, Digital Media, and Social Media Index Sport has come to have an increasingly large impact on daily life and commerce across the globe. From mega-events, such as the World Cup or Super Bowl, to the early socialization of children into sport, the study of sport and society has developed as a distinctly wide-ranging scholarly enterprise, centered in sociology, sport studies, and cultural, media, and gender studies. In The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, Lawrence Wenner brings together contributions from the world's leading scholars on sport and society to create the premier comprehensive and interdisciplinary reference for scholars and students looking to understand key areas of inquiry about the role and impacts of sport in contemporary culture. The Handbook offers penetrating analyses of the key ways that today's outsized sport is integrated into the lives of both athletes and fans and increasingly shapes the social fabric and cultural logics across the world. Featuring 85 leading international scholars, the volume is organized into six sections: society and values, enterprise and capital, participation and cultures, lifespan and careers, inclusion and exclusion, and spectator engagement and media. To aid comprehension and comparison, each chapter opens with a brief introduction to the area of research and features a common organizational scheme with three main sections of key issues, approaches, and debates to guide scholars and students to what is currently most important in the study of each area. Written at an accessible level and offering rich resources to further study each topic, this handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students as well as general readers who wish to understand the growing social, cultural, political, and economic influences of sport in society and our everyday lives.