Sport and neoliberalism : politics, consumption, and culture

Author(s)

• Andrews, David L.
• Silk, Michael L.

Bibliographic Information

Sport and neoliberalism : politics, consumption, and culture

edited by David L. Andrews and Michael L. Silk

（Sporting）

Temple University Press, 2012

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How neoliberal politics appropriates sports for its own ends

Table of Contents

1 Sport and the Neoliberal Conjuncture: Complicating the Consensus * Michael L. Silk * David L. Andrews Part I Structures, Formations, and Mechanics of Neoliberalism 2 A Distorted Playing Field: Neoliberalism and Sport through the lens of Economic Citizenship * Toby Miller 3 Advanced Liberal Government, Sport Policy, and "Building the Active Citizen" * Mick Green 4 Race, Class, and Politics in Post-Katrina America * Michael D. Giardina * C. L. Cole 5 Nike U: Full-Program Athletics Contracts and the Corporate University * Samantha King 6 Growth and Nature: Reflections on Sport, Carbon Neutrality, and Ecological Modernization * Brian Wilson 7 The Uncanny of Olympic Time: Michael Phelps and the End of Neoliberalism * Grant Farred Part II Government, Governance, and the Cultural Geographies of Neoliberalism 8 The Governance of the Neoliberal Sporting City * Michael L. Silk * David L. Andrews 9 Governing Play: Moral Geographies, Healthification, and Neoliberal Urban Imaginaries * Caroline Fusco 10 Neoliberal Redevelopment, Sport Infrastructure, and the Militarization of U.S. Urban Terrain * Kimberly S. Schimmel 11 Economies of Surf: Evolution, Territorialism, and the Erosion of Localism * Leslie Heywood * Mark Montgomery 12 Free Running: Post-Sport Liminality in a Neoliberal World * Michael Atkinson Part III Consuming Pleasure: Citizenship, Subjectivities, and "Popular" Sporting Pedagogies 13 Out-of-Bounds Plays: The Women's National Basketball Association and the Neoliberal Imaginings of Sexuality * Mary G. McDonald 14 Pedagogies of Fat: The Social Currency of Slenderness * Jessica M. Francombe * Michael L. Silk 15 Technologies of the South: Sport, Subjectivity, and "Swinging" Capital * Joshua I. Newman 16 Hijacking Canadian Identity: Stephen Harper, Hockey, and the Terror of Neoliberalism * Jay Scherer * Lisa McDermott 17 Global Smackdown: Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment, and Neoliberalism * Ted Butryn Afterword: Sport and Neoliberalism * Norman K. Denzin Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB12948017
• ISBN:
  • 9781439905036
• LCCN: 2012003239
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 316 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV706.35
  • DC23 : 306.4/83
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sports -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Sports -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Sports and state -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Neoliberalism -- Cross-cultural studies
  • BISACSH : Sports & recreation -- General
  • BISACSH : Social science -- Sociology -- Urban
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA86545053