Sporting Nationalisms

Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration and Assimilation
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7146-4896-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 441 g

Reihe: Sport in the Global Society

This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and, in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations. The articles in this volume are concerned primarily with British, American and Australian sporting traditions and the themes covered include the consolidation of ethnic identity in host societies through participation immigrant sports and exclusive sporting organizations, assimilation into host' societies through participation in indigenous, national sports, and the construction by outsiders of separate ethnic identities according to sporting criteria.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cronin, Mike

Mayall, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Choice - April, 1999

"Well written, with excellent references in individual articles. A welcome addition to the literature of history of sport and of ethnicity and sport.

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Mike Cronin, David Mayall