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9780415246309

`Race', Sport and British Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415246309

  • ISBN10:

    041524630X

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-07-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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'Race',Sport and British Societychallenges the view that sport is one part of society where 'good race-relations' are developed. The book offers a wealth of research material and a strong theoretical view on contemporary British sports.

Table of Contents

List of figures
vii
Contributors viii
Foreword xi
Preface xviii
Acknowledgements xxi
Paul Gilroy
Introduction: `Race', sport and British society
1(26)
Ben Carrington
Ian McDonald
PART I Research into current levels and forms of sports racism: Some empirical explorations 27(76)
Racism, national identity and Scottish football
29(20)
Paul Dimeo
Gerry P.T. Finn
Whose game is it anyway? Racism in local league cricket
49(21)
Ben Carrington
Ian McDonald
`Black Pearl, Black Diamonds': Exploring racial identities in rugby league
70(13)
Karl Spracklen
`Lions and black skins': Race, nation and local patriotism in football
83(20)
Les Back
Tim Crabbe
John Solomos
PART II Public controversies over `race' and sport: Science, media and the law 103(48)
Racial science and South Asian and black physicality
105(16)
Scott Fleming
In search of the unequivocal Englishman: The conundrum of race and nation in English cricket
121(12)
Mike Marqusee
Sport, racism and the limits of `colour blind' law
133(18)
Simon Gardiner
Roger Welch
PART III Challenging discourses/Contesting identities 151(64)
Playing their own game: A South Asian football experience
153(17)
Sanjiev Johal
Reconceptualizing race, gender and sport: The contribution of black feminism
170(18)
Sheila Scraton
Notes from the sports desk: Reflections on race, class and gender in British sports journalism
188(11)
Emma Lindsey
Pitch of life: Re-reading C.L.R. James' Beyond a Boundary
199(16)
Chris Searle
Bibliography 215(2)
Author index 217(6)
Subject index 223

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