Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 328
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4422-4843-4 • Hardback • February 2016 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-1-4422-4844-1 • Paperback • February 2016 • $51.00 • (£39.00)
978-1-4422-4845-8 • eBook • February 2016 • $48.50 • (£37.00)
D. Stanley Eitzen is professor emeritus of sociology at Colorado State University, where he taught for twenty-one years, most recently as John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. He is the author or coauthor of twenty-four books, including three on sport, as well as numerous scholarly articles and chapters in scholarly books. He is a former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the recipient of that organization’s Distinguished Service Award. Among his other awards, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport.
- The Duality of Sport
- Sport Unites, Sport Divides
- Names, Logos, Mascots, and Flags: The Contradictory Uses of Sports Symbols
- Sport Is Fair, Sport Is Foul
- Sport Is Healthy, Sport Is Destructive
- The Organization of Youth Sport: Issues and Consequences
- Sport Is Expressive, Sport Is Controlled
- Are Sports Played on a Level Playing Field? Issues of Race, Class, and Gender
- The Mass Media and Sport: Distorted Windows, Blinders, and Game Changers
- Big-Time College Sports: Commercialized Sport within Academia
- Sport as the Path to Success? Myth and Reality
- Professional Sports Franchises: Public Teams, Private Businesses
- The Globalization of Sport
- The Challenge: Changing Sport
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Stan Eitzen has been a pioneer in this field. Like many others, I am in his debt as one of the many he has inspired.
— Richard Lapchick, University of Central Florida
Fair and Foul has exceeded my expectations. Each semester that I use it, there is a group of students that understand the good and the bad of sport and see sport as an intellectual issue. Eitzen’s book is a really different sort of text.
— Judith McDonnell, Bryant University
As a microcosm of society, sport is a social construction and therefore is an arena in which sociological processes can be studied. As my course is an introduction to the field of sport sociology, the goal of the course is to apply a sociological lens to the world of sports and athletics. Fair and Foul helps me attain this goal. It looks at issues and concerns surrounding the sports world. Its’ coverage is vast and accommodates many of the sections of my course.
— Keri A. Diggins, Scottsdale Community College
This book presents the various social issues embedded in sports in an accessible way and provides a useful overview for many of the units in my course.
— Holly Swyers, Lake Forest College
Fair and Foul is unique in its approach and provides quality coverage of significant issues impacting the world of sport. It is an insightful resource that students respond well to.
— Jason Lee, University of North Florida
Introduces students to key concepts in sport and society through chapters that show both the “fair” and the “foul” sides of sport
Highlights what sports mean to us and how they shape daily life—for better and for worse
Includes a new chapter on mass media and sport that touches on themes like “reality or social construction,” gender roles, “American values,” and more
Significantly updates the chapter on big-time college sport to discuss topics such as “one and done,” diverting education funds to subsidize college sport, and scandals involving the education of athletes
Features new material throughout on topics such as the sexist naming of college teams, the physical and mental dangers of participating in violent sports, the unintended consequences of television money, fantasy football, homophobia and “coming out,” cheating in soccer, and much more