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Summary
Using postmodern social theory, this book expands our understanding of sport, the body, and the broader physical culture.
This book provides critical insight into the questions of race, gender, sexuality, and locality in sport and society. Topics discussed include postmodern sport writing; sport and the postmodern deconstruction of gender and sexuality; virtual sport and the postmodern mediascape; discipline, normalization, rationalization, surveillance, panopticism, and other forms of power used to "invest" postmodern sporting bodies; and new perspectives on sport and physical culture, consumer culture, and postmodern geography.
"This will be a trend-setting book. The topic redefines the sociology of sport and gives a feeling that one is engaging an important moment in the field. It is a stunning accomplishment--the sociology of sport comes of age with this collection." -- Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana
"This volume challenges the status quo in sport sociology in a meaningful way. Those who read it will find an extraordinary collection of vibrant essays whose point is to stretch the limits of our understanding. In a sense, this volume is the first journey in the sport sociology Star Trek, taking us where no one has gone before." -- Stephen D. Mosher, Ithaca College
"For those interested in seeing how postmodern approaches enable scholars to understand social worlds, and especially sports, in new ways, this book is valuable." -- Jay Coakley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Genevieve Rail is Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, and editor of AVANTE.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Postmodern Sports Writing and the Transgression of Boundaries
1. Postmodernism and the Possibilities for Writing "Vital" Sports Texts Toni Bruce
2. "How Do You Warm-Up for a Stretch Class?": Sub/In/Di/verting Hegemonic Shoves Toward Sport Nate Kohn and Synthia Sydnor
3. Born-Again Sport: Ethics in Biographical Research Robert Rinehart
Part II. Sport and the Postmodern (De)construction of Gender
4. Representing Black Masculinity and Urban Possibilities: Racism, Realism, and Hoop Dreams Cheryl L. Cole and Samantha King
5. Lesbians and Locker Rooms: The Subjective Experiences of Lesbians in Sport Caroline Fusco
6. Colonizing the Feminine: Nike's Intersections of Postfeminism and Hyperconsumption Mélisse R. Lafrance
Part III. Virtual Sport, Representation, and the Postmodern Mediascape
7. Seismography of the Postmodern Condition: Three Theses on the Implosion of Sport Geneviève Rail
8. Sex, Lies, and Videotape: The Political and Cultural Economies of Celebrity Fitness Videos Margaret MacNeill
9. Excavating Michael Jordan: Notes on a Critical Pedagogy of Sporting Representation David Andrews
10. Baudrillard, "Amérique," and the Hyperreal World Cup Steve Redhead
Part IV. Sport and Postmodern Body Invaders
11. Instrumental Rationalization of Human Movement: An Archeological Approach Jacques Gleyse
12. Addiction, Exercise, and Cyborgs: Technologies of Deviant Bodies Cheryl L. Cole
13. Post-Sport: Transgressing Boundaries in Physical Culture Brian Pronger
Part V. Physical Culture, Consumer Culture, and Postmodern Geography
14. In Search of the Sports Bar: Masculinity, Alcohol, Sports, and the Mediation of Public Space Lawrence A. Wenner
15. Rap and Dialectical Relations: Culture, Subculture, Power, and Counter-Power Nancy Midol
16. Hassiba Boulmerka and Islamic Green: International Sports, Cultural Differences, and Their Postmodern Interpretation William J. Morgan
17. (Ir)Relevant Ring: The Symbolic Consumption of the Olympic Logo in Postmodern Media Culture Rob VanWynsberghe and Ian Ritchie
