1st Edition

Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure

254 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

254 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This innovative text's critical examination foregrounds the prime reason why so many people participate in or watch sport – pleasure. Although there has been a "turn" to emotions and affect within academia over the last two decades, it has been somewhat remiss that pleasure, as an integral aspect of human life, has not received greater attention from sociologists of sport, exercise and physical... Read more

1. Proem: Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell 2. Pleasures Small and Large Robert E. Rinehart 3. A Short History of Pleasure Richard Pringle 4. Theorizing Sporting Pleasures Across the Disciplines Richard Pringle 5. Studying Sport, Feminism and Pleasure Jayne Caudwell 6. Aging Bod(ies) and Pleasure: Poetic Orientations Robert E. Rinehart 7. Running for Pleasures Jayne Caudwell 8. When the Pleasurable Is Political: An Affective Analysis of Viewing the Olympics Richard Pringle 9. "I Just Love Watching Football" Jayne Caudwell 10. Aesthetic Pleasure and Sport: The Case of Love + Guts: Skateboarding Killed the Art Show Robert E. Rinehart 11. Anhedonia and Alternative Sports Robert E. Rinehart 12. Be Happy, Play Sport?: Governing Happiness via the Promotion of Sport Richard Pringle