Sociology Of Sports

A controversial sport, rodeo is often seen as emblematic of the West's reputation as a “white man's country.” A Wilder West complicates this view, showing how rodeo has been an important contact zone -- a chaotic and unpredictable place of encounter that challenged expected social hierarchies. Rodeo has brought people together across racial and …

"[Home and Away] captures Bidini's many strengths as a writer -- compassion mixed with close observation, humour and a gift for a poetic turn of phrase. His book demonstrates the capacity of sports to act as a therapeutic agent and a catalyst for social change...This book has a heart as big as the game itself." -- Globe & Mail

"Home and Away, [is] a …

Media attention has recently raised public awareness of hazing rituals, generating curiosity, interest and debate about hazing as an initiation practice. Making the Team is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary perspectives on this topic.
This book provides a theoretical analysis of hazing from a sociological perspective, both in the United …

In Out of Bounds, feminist Helen Lenskyj presents an insightful examination of the links between women's participation in sports and the control of their reproductive capacity and sexuality. She identifies the female frailty myth, the illusion of male athletic superiority and the concept of compulsory heterosexuality as powerful determinants of "m …

This book provides an in-depth examination of gender, sport and sexualities, an analysis of the limitations of liberal feminist responses, and an exploration of radical feminist alternatives.
Dr. Lenskyj presents illuminating case studies from Canada, the United States and Australia, with exposes of coaches' and administrators' complicity in perpe …

Since the 1970s North American women and girls have engaged in every sport that interests them and have become champions in their fields. One of the consequences of this success is ongoing criticism, not of how they perform, but of how they look.
In Polygendered and Ponytailed, Dayna Daniels argues that the femininity-masculinity divide prevents wo …

In Race in Play, James takes the reader on an edifying walk through the structural and institutional communities that support and sustain sports, while also examining individual links between sport, schooling, and the educational and career aspirations of youth.
He also explores issues of race, racialized minority youth, and Black men and women in …