Catherine Palmer

Rethinking Drinking and Sport

New Approaches to Sport and Alcohol

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Produktbeschreibung

With close attention to the contradictory nature of sport-related drinking, this book considers both 'the problem' of drinking in sport, as well as some of the issues for treatment and recovery that sports-related drinking presents. Bringing together a range of methodological and theoretical debates that address the relationships between alcohol an

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780367598037
• ISBN-10: 0367598035
• Artikelnr.: 69894720

Autorenporträt

Catherine Palmer is Professor of Sociology and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She is the author of Global Sports Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I Social Practices and Drinking Identities: Mapping the sport-alcohol nexus
Beyond hegemonic masculinity: social theory and sport-related drinking
Women and sport-related drinking
Non-drinking, dry events and alternative forms of sport
Biographies of drinking. Part II Tackling the Problem: Changing the culture
Some paradoxes and potentials for recovery and prevention
Policy and sponsorship
Rethinking drinking and sport. Bibliography
Index.