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In todays world, peoples perceptions of various individuals, countries, races, genders, schools, and even companies are often affected by the sports they watch, read about, or listen to. The impact of sport on these perceptions is covered extensively in Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport. This text provides some of the best contemporary writing and research on the sociology of sport.

The text is organized into 12 learning units and includes 34 articles from writers and researchers with varied backgrounds. Introductions are provided for each of the units. They include brief summaries of the articles that follow and probing study questions that challenge the reader to think critically about the material.

Edited by Andrew Yiannakis, PhD, and Merrill J. Melnick, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport includesan exploration of topics and themes that have received limited attention in other sociology of sport texts but have been long-standing social concerns,
a review of the attitudes toward female athletes and the anti-homosexual phobias present in sport,
an in-depth look at the impoverishment of childrens games in America,
an overview of high school sport participation,
a study of the challenges and benefits of the big-time collegiate sport experience,
a critique of televisions impact on sport and its portrayal of gender and race, and
a review of sport and globalization.
Unit I provides the reader with a historical background on the development of sociology of sport and addresses several critical issues about the relationship between sociology, physical education, and sociology of sport. The text includes an explanation of the growth of the sociology of sport field since 1980, the emergence and growth of the New Physical Education, and a review of the emerging field of sport pedagogy.

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