Sport, Racism and Ethnicity

ISBN-13: 9781850009177 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 216 str.

Grant Jarvie; Grant Jarvie

Opis

The contributors to this volume consider not only the racism experienced by various ethnic minority athletes in Britain, but also the way in which various racisms have been articulated in South Africa, the Caribbean, Canada and the USA. They examine many of the voluntarist racist cherished beliefs surrounding sport.

Spis treści

Introduction Sport, Racism and Ethnicity, Grant Jarvie; Chapter 1 Cricket, Carnival and Street Culture in the Caribbean, Richard D.E. Burton; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Sport, Schooling and Asian Male Youth Culture, Scott Fleming; Chapter 3 Chapter 3Sport, Racism and Young Women, Lovell Tessa; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Sport Festivals and Race Relations in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Vicky Paraschak; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Sport, Racism and British Society: A Sociological Study of England's Élite Male Afro/Caribbean Soccer and Rugby Union Players, Joe Maguire; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Athletics and Academics: Contrary or Complementary Activities?, Othello Harris; Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Sport and the Black Experience, Jose Parry, Noel Parry; Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Sport, Popular Struggle and South African Culture, Grant Jarvie; Notes on Contributors Author Index Subject Index;

O autorze

Grant Jarvie lectures at the University of Warwick. He is author of the books Class, Race and Sport in South Africa's Political Economy (1985) and Highland Games: The Making of the Myth (1991). He has taught in both physical education and sociology departments within various institutions. He gained his PhD in sociology from the University of Leicester.