Description
Book SynopsisSociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity explores the intersections between modern physical activity and society. The text surpasses the scope of sociological texts that focus solely on sports, covering a broad range of physical activities such as fitness, dance, weightlifting, and others. The authors emphasize the promotion of healthy individuals and a healthy body in the many movement settings where the body is active.
Sociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity explores contemporary topics such as reducing disparities in education and income, increasing socioeconomic diversity in communities, the medicalization of fitness, the rise of cosmetic fitness, the promotion of physical activity as a requirement for health, and the globalization of the fitness industry. The text includes the following features to enhance student engagement:
- Chapter objectives help students achieve their learning goals
- Key points and terms to highlight important information throughout the text
- Active Bodies sidebars that offer context for concepts presented in the chapter and provide examples and applications
- Discussion questions that provide opportunities to reflect on chapter topics
Part I of
Sociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity examines political, educational, media, and economic institutions that influence the relationship between society and physical activity. Part II explores how an individual’s race, gender, social class, and ability are interpreted through a social lens. Part III of the text discusses the process of developing healthy populations as well as promoting public health and body positivity.
Sociocultural Issues in Sport and Physical Activity offers a cross-cultural perspective of society, health, and the body in motion. Readers will finish the text with a greater understanding of social theory applications in physical culture.
Table of ContentsPart I. Body Institutions: Foundations and ConsiderationsChapter 1. Introduction
Robert Pitter, David L. Andrews, and Brandon WallaceDefining Physical Culture
Physical Culture and the Sociological Imagination
The Importance of a Critical and Theoretical Approach
Case Study: Fitness and Society
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Politics of the Active Body
Andrew Grainger, Brandon Wallace, and David L. AndrewsPolitics as Power
Antonio Gramsci and Hegemony
Hegemony, Sport, and the Active Body
Dominant, Residual, and Emergent Forms of Physical Culture
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Critical Pedagogy and the Active Body
Ryan King-White and Matthew HawzenThe Focus of Physical Education
Critical Pedagogy
Understanding and Applying Critical Pedagogy
Critical Pedagogy in Kinesiology
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Medicine, Technology, and the Active Body
Katelyn EsmondePhysical Activity and Epidemiology
Physical Technocultures
Sociocultural Issues and Possibilities for Technologies of Physical Culture
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The Corporeal Sport Economy
Adam Beissel, Chris McLeod, and David L. AndrewsThe Economic Base and Sporting Superstructure
Sport and Capitalism
The Late Capitalist (Cultural) Economy
Sport and Late Capitalism
What Is a Corporeal Economy?
The Material and Social Relations of Late Capitalist Production
The Active Body as Instrument in Sport Production
The Active Body as Object of Sport Production
Conclusion
Part II. Body Stratification: Meanings and Social IdentitiesChapter 6. Gender, Sex, and Physical Culture
Shannon Jette, David L. Andrews, and Robert PitterSocial Construction of Gendered Identities
Performances of Exercise Culture
Performances of Sport Culture
Expanding the Range of Gender Identity Through Physical Culture
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Racialized Bodies and Black and Indigenous Physical Cultures
Brandon Wallace, Robert Pitter, and David L. AndrewsDisrupting the Myth of Race
Race or Ethnicity?
African Americans and Black Physical Culture
Native Americans and Indigenous Physical Cultures
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Social Class, Habitus, and Physical Culture
Robert Pitter, David L. Andrews, and Brandon WallaceHow Social Class Matters
Social Class Distribution of Physical Activity
Class Habitus, Hexis, and Embodied Lifestyle Cultures
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Disability, Sport, Activity, and Public Health
Mollie Greenberg and Stephanie J. CorkWhat Is Disability? A Note on Language
Early History of Disability in Society
Current Models of Disability
Activism and Civil Rights Legislation
Confronting Health, Illness and Disability
Discrimination Against People With Disabilities
Adapted Physical Activity and Sport
Neurodiversity
The Special Olympics
Conclusion
Part III. Body Movements: Scales and SpacesChapter 10. Popular Culture and the Active Body
Michael D. Giardina and A. Lamont WilliamsA Note About Popular Culture
The Active Body in Early Popular Culture
The Active Body in Contemporary Popular Culture
Conclusion
Chapter 11. Physical Activity and Community
Robert Pitter, Brandon Wallace, and David L. AndrewsConceptualizing Community
Creating Community via Physical Culture
Community Development via Physical Activity
Conclusion
Chapter 12. The Active Body in Cities
Oliver J.C. Rick, Jacob J. Bustad, and Bryan C. CliftThe Rise of the Neoliberal City
Models of Urban Physical Activity Provision
Creative Sport and Recreation: Designing Physical Activity Attractions
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Globalization and Physical Activity
Joshua Newman, David L. Andrews, and Robert PitterLocal and Global Movements
What Is Globalization?
Debates on Globalization
Global Physical Culture
Global Media Spectacles
The Globalization of Culture and Economy
Economic Globalization at Work
The Problem of Global Sporting Goods Production
Global Migration: People on the Move
Conclusion
Chapter 14. The Environment and the Active Body
Martin Barrett and Kyle S. BundsThe Body as the Environment
The Body in the Environment
The Body for the Environment
Conclusion
