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Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure

By Richard Pringle, Bob Rinehart, Jayne Caudwell

To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge – 240 pages

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

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The multiple pleasures derived from sport are important in constituting subjectivities, social belongings, nationalistic fervors and for some, even reasons for living. This volume examines the role of sporting pleasure in identity formation, social relations, and social transformation. It aims to provide a greater understanding of sport, and the contemporary cultural and social issues connected to it.

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Author Bio

Richard Pringle is Lecturer in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland.

Bob Rinehart is Associate Professor of Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato.

Jayne Caudwell is Senior Lecturer at the Chelsea School, University of Brighton.

Name: Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Richard Pringle, Bob Rinehart, Jayne Caudwell. The multiple pleasures derived from sport are important in constituting subjectivities, social belongings, nationalistic fervors and for some, even reasons for living. This volume examines the role of sporting pleasure in identity formation, social...
Categories: Sport and Leisure Studies, Sociology of Sport, The Body