Sport, Difference and Belonging: Conceptions of Human Variation in British Sport

ISBN-13: 9780415626552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Rosbrook-Thompson, James

Opis

This text combines historical and ethnographic components in examining the ideas about human variation subscribed to by coaches, commentators and sportspeople themselves. The book begins by interrogating the idea of the 'impulsive' black sportsman (and the 'impulsive' black male more generally), documenting how it came into being and gathered momentum throughout the course of British history.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part One: The History of the ‘Impulsive’ Black Sportsman  2. Plato, Property and Humanity  3. Darwin, Freud and "Good Instincts"  Part Two: Conceptions of Human Difference at Olfield United FC  4. Setting the Scene  5. Ways to be Urban: People out of Place, Belonging and the case for Denizenship  6. Classifying people: 'Freshies', Frontiers and Flatulence  7. Conclusion.

O autorze

Rosbrook-Thompson, James