1st Edition
Matters of Sport Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Matters of Sport is a tribute to Eric Dunning, the leading sports sociologist in the English-speaking world. This book addresses Dunning's contributions to the sociological and historical study of sport, covering key topics such as hooliganism, celebrity and gender relations.
A broad range of leading academics from Europe and North America reflect on the ways in which Dunning's work has influenced their own research and understanding of sport.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Sport in Society.
Introduction Ivan Waddington and Dominic Malcolm 1. Eric Dunning and the Development of the Sociology of Sport Stephen Mennell 2. The Gendering of Sports Injury: A look at 'progress' in women's sport through a case study of the biomedical discourse on the injured athletic body Nancy Theberge 3. The Leicester School and the Study of Soccer Hooliganism Alan Bairner 4. Civilized Mayhem: Origins and early development of American football Allen Guttmann 5. Millwall and the Making of Football's Folk Devils: Revisiting the Leicester period Joseph Maguire 6. Boxing Blind: The development of a predominantly unplanned process Patrick Murphy and Ken Sheard 7. Illusio in sport Alain Garrigou 8. Sport and Gender Relations Katie Liston 9. Sport, Physical Education and Figurational Sociology Ken Green 10. Sports Celebrity and the Civilizing Process Chris Rojek
Biography
Malcolm, Dominic; Waddington, Ivan
