Abstract:This article aims to provide a critical review of the literature on sports studies in three major subject areas that are of great interest in today's world. These are identities, social integration, and diasporas and transnationalism. A selective analysis of these literatures provides the necessary analytical background concerning the theoretical and methodological approaches to social role of sports. Building on this background, the paper puts forth a theoretical and methodological proposal on how to frame fu… Show more
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