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Critical Perspectives on Esports book cover

1st Edition

Critical Perspectives on Esports

Edited By Annette R. Hofmann, Pascal Mamudou Camara Copyright 2024
208 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book offers new, multidisciplinary perspectives on esports, one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the sports and leisure industries. Drawing on sociology, philosophy, education, business, economics, and sports science, this book considers the rise of esports, its impact on sports and society more widely, and the direction of travel for esports in the future. Featuring cutting-edge... Read more

1 Introduction

ANNETTE R. HOFMANN AND PASCAL MAMUDOU CAMARA

PART I

Philosophical and Sociological Approaches

2 An Analytical Perspective on Esports, “Virtual Sports,” and the Olympic Virtual Series

JIM PARRY AND JACOB GIESBRECHT

3 A Phenomenological Perspective on Embodiment in Sports and Esports

IRENA MARTÍNKOVÁ AND QIAN WANG

4 How Real Is Virtual Reality? Reflections on Sport in Virtual Realities

JANNIKA M. JOHN, PAOLO RIATTI, AND ANSGAR THIEL

5 Esports and Sportification: A View From Sweden

DANIEL SVENSSON AND DANIEL PARGMAN

PART II

Economic Insights

6 The Economics of Esports

MARKUS BREUER AND FRANK DAUMANN

PART III

Health Issues

7 Health Impacts and Implications for Esports

DAVID LEGG

8 Physical and Physiological Implications of Esports

TAKASHI MATSUI

PART IV

Gender and Esports

9 A Critical Review of Esports and Music From a Gender Perspective

EULALIA FEBRER COLL

PART V

Esports and Education

10 Esports in Norwegian Upper Secondary Education: Integration, Challenges, and Opportunities in the 21st Century

AAGE RADMANN AND PER MIDTHAUGEN

11 Esports and Physical Education: A Relationship Like Cat and Dog?

ANNETTE R. HOFMANN

12 Collegiate Esports in South Korea and the United States:

Origins and Governance

LARS DZIKUS AND YOONKYU SONG

13 Future Directions and Research Practice

DINA GENTILE

Biography

Annette R. Hofmann is Professor of Sports Studies and Didactics at the Ludwigsburg University, Germany. She is Vice President of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and the German Olympic Academy (DOA) as well as one of the Vice Presidents of the German Gymnastic Federation (Deutsche Turner-Bund).

Pascal Mamudou Camara is Sport Science Research Manager at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE). He holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Universidad Deportiva del Sur, Venezuela and a master’s degree in international sports development and politics and is a PhD candidate in sports science at the Institute of Sport History, German Sport University Cologne.

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