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ISBN: 9781315519135 , 9781138697768

Content: While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of ‘the nation’ has remained. This book examines the continuing but contested relevance of national identities in sport within the context of globalising forces. Including case studies from around the world, it considers the significance of sport in divided societies, former global empires and aspirational nations within federal states. Each chapter looks at sport not only as a reflection of national rivalries but also as a changing cultural tradition that facilitates the reimagining of borders, boundaries and identities. The book questions how these national, state and global identifications are invoked through sporting structures and practices, both in the past and the present. Truly international in perspective, it features case studies from across Europe, the UK, the USA and China and touches on the topics of race, religion, terrorism, separatism, nationalism and militarism. Sport and National Identities: Globalisation and Conflict is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the sociology of sport or the relationship between sport, politics, geography and history

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Format: 1 online resource (232 pages).

ISBN: 0-8135-8773-5 , 0-8135-8772-7

Series Statement: The American Campus

Content: College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates. The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private interests. They look at college sports from economic, social, legal, and cultural perspectives to cut through popular mythologies regarding intercollegiate athletics and to advocate for increased clarity about what is going on at a variety of campuses with regard to athletics. Focusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Introduction: Contexts and Constraints in Contemporary Intercollegiate Athletics / , PART I. Ongoing Issues -- , 1. Truth for Sale: Penn State, (Joe) Paterno, and (Terry) Pegula / , 2. "A Common-Sense, Fiscally Conservative Approach": Sport, Politics, and the Death of Higher Education in Wisconsin / , 3. Fixing the Front Porch? Maryland's Move to the Big Ten / , 4. Football, Rape Culture, and the Neoliberal University (as) Brand: Reflections on Institutional Governance in the Jameis Winston Rape Investigation / , 5. College Athletes as Employees and the Politics of Title IX / , PART II. Emerging Concerns -- , 6. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's "Nothing Short of Remarkable" Rebranding of Academic Success / , 7. Is This the Beginning of the End? Small Colleges and Universities Are Questioning the Value of an NCAA Program for Their Student Body / , 8. Confessions of a Human Trafficker: Inside the Global Network (of International Student- Athletes in NCAA Football) / , 9. Welcome to the Factory: College Athletics and Corporatized Recruiting / , 10 "Some Kind of Joke": Consultancy Firms and College Athletics / , Acknowledgments -- , Notes on Contributors -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8135-8771-9

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.36019/9780813587738

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Format: 1 online resource (213 pages)

ISBN: 9781442206793

Series Statement: Perspectives on a Multiracial America

Content: Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis.

Content: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Celebrities, Commodities, and Criminals: African American Athletes and the Racial Politics of Culture -- 1 -- America's New Son: Tiger Woods and America's Multiculturalism1 -- 2 -- Sister Act VI: Venus and Serena Williams at Indian Wells: "Sincere Fictions" and White Racism -- 3 -- Ghettocentrism and the Essentialized Black Male Athlete1 -- 4 -- Why Can't Kobe Pass (the Ball)? Race and the NBA in an Age of Neoliberalism -- 5 -- One Nation under a Hoop: Race, Meritocracy, and Messiahs in the NBA -- 6 -- Much Adu about Nothing? Freddy Adu and Neoliberal Racism in New Millennium America -- 7 -- Me and Bonnie Blair: Shani Davis, Racial Myths, and the Reiteration of the Facts of Blackness -- 8 -- The Dennis Rodman of Hockey: Ray Emery and the Policing of Blackness in the Great White North -- 9 -- Contesting the Closet: Sheryl Swoopes, Racialized Sexuality, and Media Culture -- 10 -- "Life with no hoop": Black Pride, State Power -- Postscript -- America's Son? Tiger Woods as Commodification and Criminalization -- Contributors.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781442206786

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Language: English

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ISBN: 9780813587738

Series Statement: The American Campus

Content: College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates. The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private interests. They look at college sports from economic, social, legal, and cultural perspectives to cut through popular mythologies regarding intercollegiate athletics and to advocate for increased clarity about what is going on at a variety of campuses with regard to athletics. Focusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Introduction: Contexts and Constraints in Contemporary Intercollegiate Athletics / , PART I. Ongoing Issues -- , 1. Truth for Sale: Penn State, (Joe) Paterno, and (Terry) Pegula / , 2. “A Common-Sense, Fiscally Conservative Approach”: Sport, Politics, and the Death of Higher Education in Wisconsin / , 3. Fixing the Front Porch? Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten / , 4. Football, Rape Culture, and the Neoliberal University (as) Brand: Reflections on Institutional Governance in the Jameis Winston Rape Investigation / , 5. College Athletes as Employees and the Politics of Title IX / , PART II. Emerging Concerns -- , 6. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s “Nothing Short of Remarkable” Rebranding of Academic Success / , 7. Is This the Beginning of the End? Small Colleges and Universities Are Questioning the Value of an NCAA Program for Their Student Body / , 8. Confessions of a Human Trafficker: Inside the Global Network (of International Student- Athletes in NCAA Football) / , 9. Welcome to the Factory: College Athletics and Corporatized Recruiting / , 10 “Some Kind of Joke”: Consultancy Firms and College Athletics / , Acknowledgments -- , Notes on Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.36019/9780813587738

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