Sport as a Site for "Popular" Resistance

Donnelly, Peter

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“…This is to be accomplished by considering how sport is positioned in the dominant traditional culture, and in the context of sport and power relations. In short, before reaching the conclusion that sport has been employed as a &dquo;site for popular resistance&dquo; (Donnelly 1988) in Japan, these theoretical positions need to be worked out.…”

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Sport and Social Change in the Japanese Rural Community

Matsumura

1993

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Sport and Social Change in the Japanese Rural Community

Matsumura

1993

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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“…Equally Humphreys (2003) highlights the impact of the new leisure movement on the development of aestheticism and artistry within extreme sport, and again this emerged within this research. However, extreme sports have been previously described as possessing “counter cultural philosophies” (Donnelly, 1988, p. 74) that challenge the traditional sports construct (Maguire, 1999) and reject conventional competition (Beal, 1995; Humphreys, 2003; Wheaton, 2003; Wheaton and Beal, 2003). Therefore, it is notable that many traditional sporting characteristics were found within the semiotic analysis of the sample of advertisements, countering the popular image of extreme sports.…”

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“…The collective activities that would become known as extreme sports, of which mountain biking is one example, emerged as a reaction against social living patterns (Donnelly, 1988) and developed an ethos that set them apart from mainstream sports culture (Maguire, 1999). They have been described as lifestyle sports (Wheaton, 2004a) with strong subcultural values (Wheaton and Beal, 2003; Wheaton, 2007; McEwan, 2016) and associations to patterns of consumerist consumption (Wheaton, 2013).…”

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Differentiating Identities Within an Extreme Sport: A Case Study of Mountain Biking Print Advertisements

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The work of McEwan (2016) has questioned the assumed homogeneity of mountain biking in terms of culture and sporting values, leading to the suggestion that there may be differing patterns of identity within the various formats of the sport. This is also supported by McEwan and Weston (2017) findings, which advanced knowledge of the mountain biking industry by defining the differing pluralized segments within the market and highlighting their hierarchical nature in relation to the cost of products. This therefore leads to a question over whether differing markets are reflected in differing identities among varying consumer groups within the sport of mountain biking. Thus, this study sought to establish what these identity characteristics are through an analysis of a sample of mountain biking magazine advertisements (N = 568). The analysis was conducted using a sequential Ethnographic Content Analysis (Altheide, 1987) followed by a Quantitative Content Analysis (Berelson, 1952) mirroring the approaches used by Williams et al. (2010) and Cann (2012) in their studies of the portrayal of identity within magazine advertisements. Results of this analysis highlighted five identity characteristics (places of play, equipment functionality, risk taking, competitiveness, activity aesthetics), three of which varied significantly between differing formats of mountain biking (risk taking, competitiveness, activity aesthetics). Activity aesthetic was established as a component of risk-taking rather than an independent identity characteristic and therefore risk taking along with competitiveness formed the basis of a refined four-format activity categorization within mountain biking and the production of a model of participant archetypes.

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“…These disparate analyses are tied together over a concern with the symbolic body. Issues such as the body and symbolic interaction, subcultural resistance, oppositional spaces, existential experience, the quest for exciting significance, and body rituals have prompted work by Yates (1974), James (1963), Donnelly (1988), Donnelly and Young (1985), Kleinman (1979), Slusher (1967), Rail (1989), Elias and Dunning (1986), Maguire (1992), Heinemann (1980), and Gruneau (in press). While there is a degree of overlap with Frank's typology, notably regarding the commodification and disciplining processes evident in modern sportsworlds, discussion of sportsworlds and the symbolic body appears as a more central concern.…”

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Bodies, Sportscultures and Societies: A Critical Review of Some Theories in the Sociology of the Body

Maguire

1993

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Several issues raised by literature in the sociology of the body are discussed. The need for and the significance of a sociological study of the body for the sociology of sport is stated. A critical review of competing theories in the sociology of the body is undertaken. Especial attention is given to the work of Frank. His typology draws on the work of Giddens and both are viewed as deficient in certain respects. In contrast, the work of Elias is seen as an example of good practice for the emerging sociology of sport and the body. Several 'sporting bodies' (biomedical, disciplined, commodified and symbolic) are identified and reference is made to existing literature within the sociology of sport.Traditionally, sociology has neglected the study of the body. So-called 'agency' or 'structural' theories have been equally guilty. The tendency has been to treat the individual as either a disembodied decision making agent or as a cultural dupe reflecting external structures. One consequence of this neglect of the body has been that much of our sociological heritage has reinforced rather then overcome the dichotomies that characterize the social sciences. These dichotomies include the mind/body, nature/nurture, individual/society, sex/gender and 'race'/ / ethnicity debatesl.Given that sport participation and spectating involves 'embodied acts', it is rather strange that within the sociology of sport a similar neglect is evident. Yet within the literature on the sociology of sport it is precisely the dichotomies referred to above which repeatedly form the focus of debate. Some work has focused on sport and the body. The early work of Heinemann (1980) and the more recent work of Harvey (1986), Rintala (1989), Harvey and Sparkes (1991), Theberge (1991) and Gruneau (in press) spring to mind. While their perspectives differ, they share the conviction of the need for the sociology of sport to examine 'the body' and the potential this entails.What value has a sociological study of the body to the sociology of sport? The sub-discipline is diminished to the extent that it fails to recognize the importance of embodiment in processes of social identity construction and reproduction. Central in this regard are issues of power, culture and distinction. Let me spell this out. The sociology of sport is in an unique position to emphasize to the parent discipline the importance of the body in understanding human agency, the production of cultural and economic capital and the attainment and maintenance of social status (Shilling, 1991). By giving greater emphasis to this, not only would Int Rev for soc of Sport 28/1 (1993)

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Sport as a Site for "Popular" Resistance

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Sport and Social Change in the Japanese Rural Community

Sport and Social Change in the Japanese Rural Community

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