David L. Andrews is Associate Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Maryland. Daniel S. Mason is Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta. Michael L. Silk is Assistant Professor, Sport, Commerce and Culture, University of Maryland.

'Essential reading for teachers and students working in the social scientific and humanistic study of sports. The dazzling array of essays in this book cleverly combine to act as both a critique and a guide.'John Bale, Keele University

• Chapter One Encountering the Field: Sports Studies Qualitative Research Michael L. Silk (University of Maryland), David L. Andrews (University of Maryland) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Two Methodological Contingencies in Contextual Sport Studies Samantha King (Queen's University) Chapter Three The Socio-Historical Process in Sports Studies David Wiggins (George Mason University) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Four Sporting Ethnography - Philosophy, Methodology Reflection Michael Silk (University of Maryland) Chapter Five The Art of Interviewing for Case Study Research John Amis (University of Memphis) Chapter Six Qualitative Methods in Sport-Media Studies Darcy Plymire (Towson University) Chapter Seven Sport and the Personal Narrative Pirkko Markula (Exeter University) Jim Denison (University of Bath) Chapter Eight Performed Ethnography Heather Sykes (OISE, University of Toronto), Jennifer Chapman (Albion College) Anne Swedberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

David L. Andrews is Associate Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Maryland. Daniel S. Mason is Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta. Michael L. Silk is Assistant Professor, Sport, Commerce and Culture, University of Maryland.

'Essential reading for teachers and students working in the social scientific and humanistic study of sports. The dazzling array of essays in this book cleverly combine to act as both a critique and a guide.'John Bale, Keele University

• Chapter One Encountering the Field: Sports Studies Qualitative Research Michael L. Silk (University of Maryland), David L. Andrews (University of Maryland) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Two Methodological Contingencies in Contextual Sport Studies Samantha King (Queen's University) Chapter Three The Socio-Historical Process in Sports Studies David Wiggins (George Mason University) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Four Sporting Ethnography - Philosophy, Methodology Reflection Michael Silk (University of Maryland) Chapter Five The Art of Interviewing for Case Study Research John Amis (University of Memphis) Chapter Six Qualitative Methods in Sport-Media Studies Darcy Plymire (Towson University) Chapter Seven Sport and the Personal Narrative Pirkko Markula (Exeter University) Jim Denison (University of Bath) Chapter Eight Performed Ethnography Heather Sykes (OISE, University of Toronto), Jennifer Chapman (Albion College) Anne Swedberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

David L. Andrews is Associate Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Maryland. Daniel S. Mason is Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta. Michael L. Silk is Assistant Professor, Sport, Commerce and Culture, University of Maryland.

'Essential reading for teachers and students working in the social scientific and humanistic study of sports. The dazzling array of essays in this book cleverly combine to act as both a critique and a guide.'John Bale, Keele University

• Chapter One Encountering the Field: Sports Studies Qualitative Research Michael L. Silk (University of Maryland), David L. Andrews (University of Maryland) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Two Methodological Contingencies in Contextual Sport Studies Samantha King (Queen's University) Chapter Three The Socio-Historical Process in Sports Studies David Wiggins (George Mason University) Daniel S. Mason (University of Alberta) Chapter Four Sporting Ethnography - Philosophy, Methodology Reflection Michael Silk (University of Maryland) Chapter Five The Art of Interviewing for Case Study Research John Amis (University of Memphis) Chapter Six Qualitative Methods in Sport-Media Studies Darcy Plymire (Towson University) Chapter Seven Sport and the Personal Narrative Pirkko Markula (Exeter University) Jim Denison (University of Bath) Chapter Eight Performed Ethnography Heather Sykes (OISE, University of Toronto), Jennifer Chapman (Albion College) Anne Swedberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)