Sport and Postmodern Times

Genevieve Rail is Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, and editor of AVANTE.

"…a vital read for those interested in contemporary developments concerning social inequality and sport." — The International Journal of the History of Sport"…a timely addition, providing one of the first books to bring postmodernist perspectives to the realm of sport … This anthology will be an important addition to the burgeoning postmodernist discussions and debates on sport, physical culture and leisure and will be particularly useful for scholars/students taking up postmodern methodologies." — Culture, Sport, Society"This will be a trend-setting book. The topic redefines the sociology of sport and gives a feeling that one is engaging an important moment in the field. It is a stunning accomplishment—the sociology of sport comes of age with this collection." — Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana"This volume challenges the status quo in sport sociology in a meaningful way. Those who read it will find an extraordinary collection of vibrant essays whose point is to stretch the limits of our understanding. In a sense, this volume is the first journey in the sport sociology Star Trek, taking us where no one has gone before." — Stephen D. Mosher, Ithaca College"For those interested in seeing how postmodern approaches enable scholars to understand social worlds, and especially sports, in new ways, this book is valuable." — Jay Coakley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Postmodern Sports Writing and the Transgression of Boundaries 1. Postmodernism and the Possibilities for Writing "Vital" Sports TextsToni Bruce 2. "How Do You Warm-Up for a Stretch Class?": Sub/In/Di/verting Hegemonic Shoves Toward SportNate Kohn and Synthia Sydnor 3. Born-Again Sport: Ethics in Biographical ResearchRobert RinehartPart II. Sport and the Postmodern (De)construction of Gender 4. Representing Black Masculinity and Urban Possibilities: Racism, Realism, and Hoop DreamsCheryl L. Cole and Samantha King5. Lesbians and Locker Rooms: The Subjective Experiences of Lesbians in SportCaroline Fusco6. Colonizing the Feminine: Nike's Intersections of Postfeminism and HyperconsumptionMélisse R. LafrancePart III. Virtual Sport, Representation, and the Postmodern Mediascape 7. Seismography of the Postmodern Condition: Three Theses on the Implosion of SportGeneviève Rail8. Sex, Lies, and Videotape: The Political and Cultural Economies of Celebrity Fitness VideosMargaret MacNeill9. Excavating Michael Jordan: Notes on a Critical Pedagogy of Sporting RepresentationDavid Andrews10. Baudrillard, "Amérique," and the Hyperreal World CupSteve RedheadPart IV. Sport and Postmodern Body Invaders 11. Instrumental Rationalization of Human Movement: An Archeological ApproachJacques Gleyse12. Addiction, Exercise, and Cyborgs: Technologies of Deviant BodiesCheryl L. Cole 13. Post-Sport: Transgressing Boundaries in Physical CultureBrian Pronger Part V. Physical Culture, Consumer Culture, and Postmodern Geography 14. In Search of the Sports Bar: Masculinity, Alcohol, Sports, and the Mediation of Public SpaceLawrence A. Wenner 15. Rap and Dialectical Relations: Culture, Subculture, Power, and Counter-PowerNancy Midol 16. Hassiba Boulmerka and Islamic Green: International Sports, Cultural Differences, and Their Postmodern InterpretationWilliam J. Morgan 17. (Ir)Relevant Ring: The Symbolic Consumption of the Olympic Logo in Postmodern Media CultureRob VanWynsberghe and Ian Ritchie Contributors Index