Sport, violence and society / / Kevin Young
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| Autore: |
Young Kevin <1959->
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| Titolo: |
Sport, violence and society / / Kevin Young
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 306.483 |
| Soggetto topico: | Violence in sports |
| Sports - Sociological aspects | |
| Classificazione: | ZX 7070 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. A history of violence: definitions, theories and perspectives -- 2. Player violence: the drift to criminalization -- 3. Crowd violence: from hooliganism to post-event riots -- 4. Formations of sports-related violence: widening the focus -- 5. Risk, pain and injury in sport: a cause or effect of violence? -- 6. Sport in the panopticon: the social control of SRV -- 7. An eye on SRV: the role of the media -- 8. Stratified SRV: stasis and change. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The book explores organized and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of ‘sports-related violence’, to include issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by players, abuse within sport and exploitatory labor practices. Offering a sophisticated new theoretical framework for understanding violence in a sporting context, and including a wide range of case-studies and empirical data – from professional soccer in Europe to ice hockey in North America – the book establishes a benchmark for the study of violence within sport and wider society. Through close examination of often contradictory trends, from anti-violence initiatives in professional sports leagues to the role of the media in encouraging hyper-aggression, the book throws new light on our understanding of the socially-embedded character of sport and its fundamental ties to history, culture, politics, social class, gender and the law. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sport, violence and society |
| ISBN: | 1-135-28506-3 |
| 0-203-87461-7 | |
| 0-415-54994-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812107803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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