Sport and militarism : contemporary global perspectives
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Sport and militarism : contemporary global perspectives
(Routledge research in sport, culture and society, 83)
Routledge, 2017
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The institutional relationship between sport and the military appears to be intensifying. In the US for example, which faced global criticism for its foreign policy during the "war on terror," militaristic images are commonplace at sporting events. The growing global phenomenon of conflating sport with war calls for closer analysis. This critical, interdisciplinary and international book seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means to interrogate, interrupt and intervene on behalf of democratic, peaceful politics.
Viewing sport as a crucial site in which militarism is made visible and legitimate, the book explores the connections between sport, the military and the state, and their consequent impact on wider culture. Featuring case studies on sports such as association football, baseball and athletics from countries including the US, UK, Germany, Canada, South Africa, Brazil and Japan, each chapter sheds new light on the shifting significance of sport in our society.
This book is fascinating reading for all those interested in sport and politics, the sociology of sport, communication studies, the ethics and philosophy of sport, or military sociology.
Table of Contents
1. Sport and Militarism: An Introduction to a Global Phenomenon
[Michael L. Butterworth]
Section I: Sport, Militarism, and the State
2. Call of Duty: Sport and the Urban Citizen Soldier
[Kimberly S. Schimmel]
3. Weaponizing Kinesiology: Illuminating the Militarization of Sport Sciences
[David L. Andrews, Ross H. Miller, and Stephanie Cork]
4. Baseball Czars, War, and the U.S. Military
[Robert Elias]
5. "Aktiv, Attraktiv, Anders"? The Bundeswehr's Deployment of German Athletes as Sport Soldiers
[Mia Fischer]
6. Sport and the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1902
[Dean Allen]
7. The Absence and Presence of State Militarism: Violence, Football, Narcos, and Colombia
[Alfredo Sabbagh Fajardo and Toby Miller]
Section II: Ritual Productions of Militarism in Sport
8. "God Bless America": An Anthem for American Exceptionalism and Empire
[Ron Briley]
9. War Games: The Politics of War, Sport Spectacles, and Grieving in Canada
[Lisa McDermott and Jay Scherer]
10. The Paradox of Militaristic Remembrance in British Sport and Popular Culture
[John Kelly]
11. "Blood Warriors" and "Polite Siegfrieds": Militarism and Neo-Nationalism in German Media Discourse after the 2014 World Cup
[Karsten Senkbeil]
12. The Military in Brazilian Sport: A Long and Controversial Presence
[Victor Andrade de Melo and Mauricio Drummond]
13. Uniforms and Unanimity: Reading the Rhetorical Entanglement of Militarism and Sport through Mimetic Realism
[Roberto Sirvent and Duncan Reyburn]
Section III: Disciplining Gender through Sport and Militarism
14. The Phallus and the Pariah: The Cultural Politics of the Post-9/11 Sporting Body
[Michael Silk]
15. Trumpism, Tom Brady, and the Reassertion of White Supremacy in Militarized Post-9/11 America
[Kyle Kusz]
16. Teaching Violence: Corporal Punishment, Vertical Hierarchy, and the Reproduction of Militaristic Values in Contemporary Japanese Sports
[Aaron Miller]
17. Verifying Victory: The Militarized Politics of Sex Verification in International Sports
[Shannon Holland]
18. "The Woman Who Saved Football in Georgia": A Rhetoric of Masculine Virtue and Spartan Motherhood
[J. David Maxson]
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