The Social Science of Sport: A Critical Analysis
Author:   Bo Carlsson (Malmo University, Sweden) ,  Susanna Hedenborg (Malmo University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138900677


Pages:   118
Publication Date:   13 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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In this book questions about definitions and demarcations of sport science are discussed. Not the least the many normative ideas of sport as good or as bad are problematized in relation to the academic field. These ideas permeate sport science in ways that are not seen in other academic fields like history, sociology or law. In addition, if and if so, in what ways sport science influence social science in general. Does sport science bring new questions in relation to issues like ""what makes a society possible"" or ""what is a human being""? This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

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Author:   Bo Carlsson (Malmo University, Sweden) ,  Susanna Hedenborg (Malmo University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138900677


ISBN 10:   1138900672
Pages:   118
Publication Date:   13 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The position and relevance of sport studies: an introduction 2. Thoughts on being the gadfly in the sport sciences ointment: building the road to meta-theoretical research creation 3. (Re)Occupying a cultural commons: reclaiming the labour process in critical sports studies 4. Slowing the social sciences of sport: on the possibilities of physical culture 5. From criminality to creativity: how studies of surfer subcultures reinvented invention 6. Modern sport between purity and hybridity 7. Re(con)fusion of law and sport in light of ‘seriousness’ and ‘trivialization’

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Bo Carlsson, Professor in Sport Science, Malmö University. Carlsson has an academic background in sociology of law, and has worked with sport law in general and more particular in relation to sport, popular culture, consumption and the legal culture of sport. Susanna Hedenborg, Professor in Sport Science, Malmö University. Hedenborg has an academic background in Economic and social history and has worked with sport history, gender studies, children and youth sport within the field of sport science.

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