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"We Cannot Stand Idly By": A Necessary Call for a Public Sociology of Sport.
- Source :
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Sociology of Sport Journal . Mar2017, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p1-11. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The article discusses the ways of emergence of public sociology of sport in the United States. It mentions the need to work upon public engagement and the role of critical scholars of sports and physical cultures in developing sociology of sport. The writer of the article being a graduate in kinesiology University of Illinois aspired to become physical therapist but turned to the field of sociology of sport inspired after reading the works of bell hooks, Malcolm X, Derrick Bell, Marilyn Frye, and Michael Messner.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07411235
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sociology of Sport Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122459718
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2016-0156