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Presents a broad spectrum of critical approaches that question traditional sport history.

Sports --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology --- History. --- Sociological aspects. --- Aspect sociologique --- Histoire

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This volume is part of the early systematic inquiry into the analysis of sport as a developmental device. The book features an international roster of global experts. The chapters represent three groups: theory and philosophy, empirical research in on-the-ground case studies, and those using circumspection to construct cases regarding evaluation.

Sports --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociology of sports --- Field sports --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Sociology --- Recreation --- Athletics --- Games --- Outdoor life --- Physical education and training --- Sports & Recreation --- Sociology: sport & leisure. --- Sociology. --- Sociology of Sports.

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"Players All is a stunning accomplishment, an agenda-setting work; it opens the space for a bold, and innovative, critical, performance-based discourse on mass sport, sport as entertainment, and spectatorship in the global, postmodern society." --Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIn a book that is both scholarly and engagingly personal, Robert E. Rinehart takes us into the world of contemporary sport performances, from the Olympic Games to "The eXtreme Games," the Super Bowl to "The American Gladiators." He introduces us to sports tourism and the highly commercialized world of global sport. Rinehart analyzes the emergence of such "sports" as paint ball (and its associations with the Vietnam War) and indoor rock climbing (and its links to environmentalism and self-mastery). He shows how sports have become theatrical events and paints a revealing portrait of the new postmodern culture of sports.

Performance art. --- Sports --- Sociological aspects. --- Performance art --- Arts, Modern --- Happenings (Art) --- Performing arts --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology --- Sociological aspects --- E-books --- Performance Art --- Sports & Recreation --- Art --- Sports & recreation

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This book awakens the sociology of sport to the possibilities of re-imagining 'deviance' and offers an evocative approach which will appeal both to academics and students alike.

Sports --- Deviant behavior. --- Social control. --- Social conflict --- Sociology --- Liberty --- Pressure groups --- Deviancy --- Social deviance --- Human behavior --- Conformity --- Social adjustment --- Sociology of sports --- Sociological aspects.

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Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and "extreme" mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-are prime examples of the new "lifestyle sports" that have grown in recent years from oddball pursuits, practiced by a handful of characters, into multi-million-dollar industries. In Why Would Anyone Do That? sociologist Stephen C. Poulson offers a fascinating exploration of these new and physically demanding sports, shedding light on why some people find them so compelling. Drawing on interviews with lifestyle sport competitors, on his own experience as a participant, on advertising for lifestyle sport equipment, and on editorial content of adventure sport magazines, Poulson addresses a wide range of issues. He notes that these sports are often described as "authentic" challenges which help keep athletes sane given the demands they confront in their day-to-day lives. But is it really beneficial to "work" so hard at "play?" Is the discipline required to do these sports really an expression of freedom, or do these sports actually impose extraordinary degrees of conformity upon these athletes? Why Would Anyone Do That? grapples with these questions, and more generally with whether lifestyle sport should always be considered "good" for people. Poulson also looks at what happens when a sport becomes a commodity-even a sport that may have begun as a reaction against corporate and professional sport-arguing that commodification inevitably plays a role in determining who plays, and also how and why the sport is played. It can even help provide the meaning that athletes assign to their participation in the sport. Finally, the book explores the intersections of race, class, and gender with respect to participation in lifestyle and endurance sports, noting in particular that there is a near complete absence of people of color in most of these contests. In addition, Poulson examines how concepts of masculinity in triathlons have changed as women's roles in this sport increase.

Risk-taking (Psychology) --- Sports --- Extreme sports --- Risk behavior --- Risky behavior --- Taking risks --- Human behavior --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology --- Action sports (Extreme sports) --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects.