TY  - BOOK
N2  - Sports buffs know all about famous players and coaches and can recite statistics in endless detail. But do fans know how sport is linked to other institutions of society? Do they understand the role of sport in socializing youngsters in both positive and negative ways? What about the ways in which sport perpetuates race and gender-role stereotypes in society? How do owners, coaches, and other sport authorities exercise power to maintain control over athletes?
AB  - Sports buffs know all about famous players and coaches and can recite statistics in endless detail. But do fans know how sport is linked to other institutions of society? Do they understand the role of sport in socializing youngsters in both positive and negative ways? What about the ways in which sport perpetuates race and gender-role stereotypes in society? How do owners, coaches, and other sport authorities exercise power to maintain control over athletes?
T1  - Sport in contemporary society :an anthology /
DA  - c2012.
CY  - Boulder, CO :
AU  - Eitzen, D. Stanley.
ET  - 9th ed.
CN  - GV706.5
CN  - GV706.5
PB  - Paradigm Publishers,
PP  - Boulder, CO :
PY  - c2012.
ID  - 454488
KW  - Sports
KW  - Sports
SN  - 9780199945900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 019994590X (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 9781612050324 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 1612050328 (pbk. : alk. paper)
TI  - Sport in contemporary society :an anthology /
ER  -