1st Edition

Sport and Citizenship

Edited By Matthew Guschwan Copyright 2015
146 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Citizenship has become a widely significant and hotly contested academic concept. Though the term may seem obvious, citizenship carries a range of subtle social and political meanings. This volume explores citizenship as it relates to sport, on the micro and macro level of analysis and in a variety of geo-political contexts. Citizenship is a central organizing principle of international... Read more

1. Sport and citizenship: introduction  Matthew Guschwan

2. The athlete as citizen: judgement and rhetorical invention in sport  Michael L. Butterworth

3. Stadium as public sphere  Matthew Guschwan

4. Globalization, corporate nationalism and masculinity in Canada: sport, Molson beer advertising and consumer citizenship  Steven Jackson

5. Bending the codes of masculinity: David Beckham and flexible masculinity in the new millennium  Sarah Gee

6. Rosie the right fielder: citizen of the community, not just a temporary patriot  Korryn D. Mozisek

7. Men of steel: social class, masculinity, and cultural citizenship in post-industrial Pittsburgh  Adam S. Beissel, Michael Giardina and Joshua I. Newman

8. Bound to the nation: Pacific Islands rugby and the IRB’s new ‘one-country-for-life’ eligibility rules  Andrew Grainger, Oliver J.C. Rick and David L. Andrews

9. Epilogue  Matthew Guschwan

Biography

Matthew Guschwan holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. His research focuses on the ways in which Italian identity is constructed in and through sport.