Radical Theorists of Sport: The State of Play

in Sociology of Sport Journal

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Chas CritcherSheffield City Polytechnic

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.3.4.333
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Volume 3: Issue 4
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333–343
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The recent and exceptional attempts of Gruneau and Hargreaves to develop a radical theory of sport are evaluated. The considerable advances they make to appropriate sport as a cultural formation are offset against the need to integrate consideration of gender, leisure, and the institutional conservatism of sport into the analysis.

Direct all correspondence to Chas Critcher, Lecturer in Communication Studies, Sheffield City Polytechnic, Sheffield S17 4AB, United Kingdom.
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