Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Carrington, Ben; Mcdonald, Ian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events like the Olympic Games, to state programmes for nation-building and health promotion, to the cultural politics of "e;race"e;, gender, sexuality, age and disability, sport is so profoundly marked by relations of power that it lends itself to critique and deconstruction. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport brings together leading experts on sport to address these issues and to reflect on the continued appeal of sport to people across the globe, as well as on the forms of inequality that sport both produces and highlights. Including a Foreword by Harry Cleaver and Afterword by Michael Brub, this book assesses the impact of this work on the fields of 'mainstream' Marxism and cultural studies. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport is centred on three vital questions: Is Marxism still relevant for understanding sport in the twenty-first century? Has Marxism been preserved or transcended by cultural studies? What is the relationship between theory and intervention in the politics of sport? The result is a unique and diverse examination of modern sports culture. The first book published on the relationship between sport and Marxism for over twenty years, Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport is an invaluable resource for students of sport sociology, Marxism, and cultural studies at all levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134186860
• Artikelnr.: 38251223

Autorenporträt

Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald

Inhaltsangabe

1. Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport: Mapping the field 2. Sport Without
Final Guarantees: Cultural Studies/Marxism/Sport 3. One-Dimensional Sport:
Revolutionary Marxism and the Critique of Sport 4. The Urban Sport
Spectacle: Towards a Critical Political Economy of Sports 5. Between
Culture and Economy: Understanding the Politics of Media Sport 6. Marxism,
Alienation and Coubertin's Olympic Project 7. Post-Marxism, Black Marxism,
and the Politics of Sport 8. Venus and Serena Are "Doing It" for
Themselves: Theorizing Sporting Celebrity, Class and Black Feminism for the
Hip-Hop Generation 9. Socratic Solitude: The Scouser Two-as-One 10. Michel
Foucault and the Critique of Sport 11. Re-appropriating Gramsci: Marxism,
Hegemony and Sport12. Sport, Culture, and Late Capitalism