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Title:
Sport and neoliberalism : politics, consumption, and culture / edited by David L. Andrews and Michael L. Silk.
Publisher:
Temple University Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
vi, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sports--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.
Sports--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Sports and state--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.
Neoliberalism--Cross-cultural studies.
Other Authors:
Silk, Michael L.
Andrews, David L., 1962-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Sport and the neoliberal conjuncture: complicating the consensus / Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews -- A Distorted playing field: neoliberalism and sport through the lens of economic citizenship / Toby Miller -- Advanced liberal government, sport policy, and "building the active citizen" / Mick Green -- Race, class, and politics in post-Katrina America / Michael D. Giardina, C.L. Cole -- Nike U: full-program athletics contracts and the corporate university / Samantha King -- Growth and nature: reflections on sport, carbon neutrality, and ecological modernization / Brian Wilson -- The uncanny of Olympic time: Michael Phelps and the end of neoliberalism / Grant Farred -- The governance of the neoliberal sporting city / Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews -- Governing play: moral geographies, healthification, and neoliberal urban imaginaries / Caroline Fusco -- Neoliberal redevelopment, sport infrastructure, and the militarization of U.S. urban terrain / Kimberly S. Schimmel -- Economies of surf: evolution, territorialism, and the erosion of localism / Leslie Heywood, Mark Montgomery -- Free Running: post-sport liminality in a neoliberal world / Michael Atkinson -- Out-of-bounds plays: the women's national basketball association and the neoliberal imaginings of sexuality / Mary G. McDonald -- Pedagogies of fat: the social currency of slenderness / Jessica M. Francombe, Michael L. Silk -- Technologies of the south: sport, subjectivity, and "swinging" capital / Joshua I. Newman -- Hijacking Canadian identity: Stephen Harper, hockey, and the terror of neoliberalism / Jay Scherer, Lisa McDermott -- Global Smackdown: Vince McMahon, world wrestling entertainment, and neoliberalism / Ted Butryn -- Afterword: Sport and neoliberalism / Norman K. Denzin.
Series:
Sporting
ISBN:
1439905053 (e-book)
9781439905050 (e-book)
1439905037 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781439905036 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1439905045 (paper : alk.paper)
9781439905043 (paper : alk.paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)773667422
LCCN:
2012003239
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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