Sport, Theory and Social Problems - Anderson, Eric; White, Adam
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This new edition examines how the structure and culture of sport promotes inequality, injury and complicity to authority at the non-elite levels of play. By introducing students to a research-led perspective on sport, it highlights the operation of power, patriarchy and pain that a hyper-competitive sporting culture promotes.

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This new edition examines how the structure and culture of sport promotes inequality, injury and complicity to authority at the non-elite levels of play. By introducing students to a research-led perspective on sport, it highlights the operation of power, patriarchy and pain that a hyper-competitive sporting culture promotes.
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Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities at the University of Winchester, UK. He holds four degrees, has published 17 books, over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and is regularly featured in international television, print, and digital media. Professor Anderson is recognized for research excellence by the British Academy of Social Sciences and is a fellow of the International Academy of Sex Research. His work shows a decline in cultural homohysteria and promotes inclusive attitudes toward openly gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes as well as a softening of heterosexual masculinities. Adam White is a Lecturer at the University of Winchester, UK. In addition to publishing on the social inclusion of sexual minorities in sport, his doctoral research examines the structural and cultural matrix that promotes head trauma. He runs the Sport Collision Injury Collective and is a public-activist for protecting children from sport-induced brain damage.