Power played : a critical criminology of sport

Author(s)

    • Silva, Derek M. D.
    • Kennedy, Liam (Associate professor of sociology)

Bibliographic Information

Power played : a critical criminology of sport

edited by Derek Silva and Liam Kennedy

(Law and society series)

UBC Press, c2022

  • : hardcover

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Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This innovative collection argues that modern sport can be characterized by problematic power relations linked to violence, harm, deviance, and punishment. On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist nationalism of the impassioned sports fan. Power Played illuminates how criminal/judicial discourses and practices reinforce social inequalities and blows the whistle on the harm, violence, and exploitation embedded in sport.

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Details

  • NCID
    BC17906725
  • ISBN
    • 9780774867795
  • Country Code
    cn
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Vancouver
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 400 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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