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In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this
influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first
edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports
provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with
students and athletes with an engaging and critical context for
probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's
sections each address a particular issue in sport: youth and sport;
gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; sport, media, and big
business; and international perspectives on sport and
participation. Leading experts in the field present new and
exciting avenues for exploring sport in our world, allowing us to
recognize its tremendous influence, both positive and negative, in
our lives and in our world. This new edition also includes
cutting-edge research examining contemporary issues and
controversies surrounding sport today. These issues, analyzed from
multiple perspectives, will inspire readers to change the game in
positive ways.
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this
influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first
edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports
provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with
students and athletes with an engaging and critical context for
probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's
sections each address a particular issue in sport: youth and sport;
gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; sport, media, and big
business; and international perspectives on sport and
participation. Leading experts in the field present new and
exciting avenues for exploring sport in our world, allowing us to
recognize its tremendous influence, both positive and negative, in
our lives and in our world. This new edition also includes
cutting-edge research examining contemporary issues and
controversies surrounding sport today. These issues, analyzed from
multiple perspectives, will inspire readers to change the game in
positive ways.
On school playgrounds and sporting fields, the words 'you throw
like a girl' are often used to denigrate particular players.
Caricatures on Native Americans continue to fill billboards and
sport stadiums, even in our nation's capital, despite the outcry of
many American Indian organizations and supporters. These words,
images, and the actions associated with them have meanings, and say
much about the role of sport in our world and in our lives. Yet
sport is rarely examined critically, despite the fact that it is an
integral part of our society, and an important force in our lives.
While we often complain about certain aspects of sport, rarely are
solutions explored. This book provides coaches, educators, parents,
and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and
critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and
controversies surrounding sport. In this text, authors take up the
challenges faced by sport in our world, especially as it relates to
the lives of young people, providing multiple perspectives on the
issues, problems, and possibilities of sport in contemporary
American society. The authors represent a variety of
positions_scholars, coaches, teachers, athletes, and community
members_providing readers with different lenses through which to
examine sport and its role in our society. This book helps readers
to recognize that sport is not just a game, but also a serious
piece of our culture that needs to be examined critically from
multiple perspectives.
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