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Tribal Play: Subcultural Journeys Through Sport
Kevin A. Young (Ed.)
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Hardback. Traceable as far back as the work of the path-breaking Chicago School of Sociology in the 1920s and 1930s, subculture and counterculture have long been conceptual staples of the discipline. This collection includes 16 readings on aspects of sub-community life in sport that showcases the breadth and depth of sport subcultural research. Editor(s): Young, Kevin; Atkinson, Michael. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
Traceable as far back as the work of the path-breaking Chicago School of Sociology in the 1920s and 1930s, subculture and counterculture have long been conceptual staples of the discipline. Implemented originally to designate and describe smaller, often deviant or delinquent, groups within larger social communities, the terms gained pace in their use in mid-twentieth century criminological research, and especially with the development of Cultural Studies in the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where they became widely used to describe processes of social class-based opposition, resistance and protest. More recently, sociologists have moved beyond a strict conformity-resistance model in accounting ... Read more
Traceable as far back as the work of the path-breaking Chicago School of Sociology in the 1920s and 1930s, subculture and counterculture have long been conceptual staples of the discipline. Implemented originally to designate and describe smaller, often deviant or delinquent, groups within larger social communities, the terms gained pace in their use in mid-twentieth century criminological research, and especially with the development of Cultural Studies in the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where they became widely used to describe processes of social class-based opposition, resistance and protest. More recently, sociologists have moved beyond a strict conformity-resistance model in accounting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Series
Research in the Sociology of Sport
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762312931
SKU
V9780762312931
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