Youth Culture and Sport Identity, Power, and Politics

Youth Culture and Sport critically interrogates and challenges contemporary articulations of race, class, gender, and sexual relations circulating throughout popular modes of youth sporting culture in late-capitalism. Written against the backdrop of important changes taking place in corporate culture's war on kids, this exciting new volume marks the first collection to critically examine the intersection of youth culture and sport in an age of global uncertainty. Leading scholars from education, cultural studies, sociology, and sport studies explore topics ranging from politicalization of the Little League World Series and ESPN's cultural branding of extreme sports, to virtual athletic dominance in video games and the politics of race in American sporting cinema." Youth Culture and Sport is a must read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the role sport plays in the construction of experiences, identities, practices, and social differences of contemporary youth culture.Giardina, Michael D. is the author of 'Youth Culture and Sport Identity, Power, and Politics', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415955812 and ISBN 0415955815.