Title
Document Type
Article
Version
Author's Preliminary Manuscript
Publication Title
Annual Review of Sociology
Volume
27
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
Despite its economic and cultural centrality, sport is a relatively neglected and undertheorized area of sociological research. In this review, we examine sports' articulation with stratification issues, especially race, class, and gender. In addition, we look at how the media and processes of globalization have affected sports.We suggest that sports and cultural sociologists need to attend more closely to how leisure products and practices are produced and distributed and how they intersect with educational, political, and cultural institutions. We propose the work of Bourdieu andthe new institutionalism to undergird future research.
Publisher's Statement
Posted with permission from the Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 27 ©2001 by Annual Reviews, http://www.annualreviews.org
Citation
R. E. Washington and D. Karen, "Sport and Society," Annual Review of Sociology 27 (2001): 187-212.
DOI
10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.187