Whannel G. Culture, Politics and Sport: Blowing the Whistle, Revisited

Abingdon: Routledge, 2008. — XV, 264 p. — (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport). — ISBN: 0-203-93377-XGarry Whannel's text «Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport» broke new ground when it was first published in 1983. Its polemical discussion brought sports as cultural politics into the academic arena and set the agenda for a new wave of researchers.Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In «Culture, Politics and Sport: Blowing the Whistle, Revisited», Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition, assessing their 1980s context from our new millennium perspective, and exploring their continued relevance for contemporary sports academics. This revisited volume will appeal to undergraduate students and researchers in sports and cultural studies.The Politics of Sport
Politics on the pitch.
Arguments about sport.
Ruling English games.
Playing under capitalism.
Sport and the state.
Arguments for socialism.Profiting by the presence of ideals: sponsorship and Olympism.
Sport and popular culture: the temporary triumph of process over product.Sport, cultural politics and political culture since 1983
Pleasures, commodities and spaces.
Nations, identities, celebrities and bodies.
Globalisation: the global and the local.
Back to politics.