Andrew M Guest

Soccer in Mind

A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Global Game

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Soccer in Mind provides a thinking fan’s guide to the world’s most popular game, viewing it from sociological, psychological, anthropological, and economic angles. While it considers soccer cultures across the globe, this book also analyzes what makes U.S. soccer culture special, including its embrace of the women’s game.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781978817319
• ISBN-10: 1978817312
• Artikelnr.: 61346673

Autorenporträt

ANDREW M. GUEST is a professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Portland in Oregon, where he also serves as Director of the Core Curriculum. He has played, coached, researched, taught, and enjoyed soccer in locales ranging from Malawi to Michigan, and from Northern Ireland to northeast Seattle.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments 
1. Lenses: Psychology, Sociology, and the Ways Soccer Explains
Us              
2. Fans: Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Place                 
3. Cultures: Soccer is Familiar, Soccer is Strange         
4. Players: Talent Development Versus Human Development               
5. Performances: Mental Skills, People Skills, and the Psychology in
Soccer  
6. Impacts: Players, Games, and the Greater
Good                                
7. Initiatives: Soccer for Development and Peace                      
8. Futures: Toward Thinking Fandom                            
Notes
Index