Rethinking Drinking and Sport: New Approaches to Sport and Alcohol

ISBN-13: 9780367598037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Catherine Palmer

Opis

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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.