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Critical Geographies of Sport

Space, Power and Sport in Global Perspective

Natalie Koch editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Mar '18

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Sport is a geographic phenomenon. The physical and organizational infrastructure of sport occupies a prominent place in our society. This important book takes an explicitly spatial approach to sport, bringing together research in geography, sport studies and related disciplines to articulate a critical approach to ‘sports geography’. Critical Geographies of Sport illustrates this approach by engaging directly with a variety of theoretical traditions as well as the latest research methods.

Each chapter showcases the merits of a geographic approach to the study of sport – ranging from football to running, horseracing and professional wrestling. Including cases from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, the book highlights the ways that space and power are produced through sport and its concomitant infrastructures, agencies and networks. Holding these power relations at the center of its analysis, it considers sport as a unique lens onto our understanding of space.

Truly global in its perspective, it is fascinating reading for any student or scholar with an interest in sport and politics, sport and society, or human geography.

"Overall, this is a valuable text that I would recommend to geographers and non-geographers alike. The collection successfully achieves its aim ‘to showcase the merits of a deeply geographic approach to the study of sport’ (p. 1). It is therefore deserving of a wider audience than those already persuaded by the usefulness of a geographic approach to studying sport…Therefore, for non-geographers, this text provides a useful insight into what geography can offer as a disciplinary perspective and how core geographical concepts including space, place and scale can guide and frame studies of sport."

Catherine Waite, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

ISBN: 9781138541450

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

272 pages