Critical Sports Studies

Download or read book Critical Sports Studies written by Nicholas Villanueva, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Sports Studies: A Document Reader provides students with a selection of essays that examine social problems in sport. Readers are challenged to critically consider various topics to better understand how the global phenomenon of sport can lead to challenges both on and off the field. The opening chapter introduces the study of sport in society as an academic discipline. Later chapters cover amateurism in sport, sports and politics, and the role of media in