athletes into mental health intervention through normalization of problem behavior, discussion of sport culture, and goal orientation (e.g., Donohue et al., 2016 ). The results of these studies suggest mental health preparatory interventions increase athletes’ interest in mental health care, and should be
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Brad Donohue, Yulia Gavrilova, Marina Galante, Elena Gavrilova, Travis Loughran, Jesse Scott, Graig Chow, Christopher P. Plant, and Daniel N. Allen
Jimmy Sanderson and Kelly Gramlich
On August 5, 2014, the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) made history by hiring Becky Hammon as the first full-time, paid assistant coach in mainstream North American sport. Hammon’s hiring provided an impetus to examine how Twitter opened avenues for discussions around gender in sport culture to generate and permeate. Using Radian6 social media extraction software a sample of 1,434 tweets were obtained. A thematic analysis was conducted and revealed three themes: (a) opening the space for conversation; (b) offering evidence of sport cultural change; and (c) expressing resistance to sport cultural change. The results suggest that Twitter functions as a space where aspects of sport culture are disseminated and contested in ways that transcend traditional media’s treatment of these topics. As people share content that is personally meaningful and relevant and participate in shared conversations about sport cultural issues, it invites them to engage in active citizenry through joining in these discussions.
Rebecca Olive and Holly Thorpe
This paper examines the potential of social theory for enhancing researcher reflexivity and praxis in the ethnographic field. More specifically, we advocate the potential of feminist interpretations of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “regulated liberties” for helping critical ethnographers navigate some of the embodied political and ethical tensions and challenges encountered in male-dominated physical cultures. Drawing upon examples from our fieldwork in surfing and snowboarding cultures, we illustrate some of the strategies we employ to subtly subvert problematic cultural norms and values within these action sport cultures. Engaging the work of poststructural feminist and Bourdieusian scholars, we raise some of the ethical questions and concerns we have experienced as cultural members and feminist researchers while engaging with participants in the waves and on the slopes.
Matthew Charles Higgins
members of a sport culture will learn particular “habits of mind, modes of decision making, and strategies of moral judgement” through their consistent and prolonged participation in the sport ( McLaughlin, 2008 , p. 15). Furthermore, basketball serves as a communal resource that enables communication
Erin Redihan
during “the long twilight struggle,” as President John F. Kennedy, a well-known advocate for American fitness, famously termed the Cold War. This book, one of the latest in the University of Arkansas’ Sport, Culture, and Society series, gives readers a good understanding of just how thorough American
Brian Wilson
This paper explores issues relevant to youth, masculinity, Internet, and sport studies through a case study of the “anti-jock” (cyber)movement. The anti-jock movement is group of self-described “marginalized youth” who, through the production and consumption of anti-jock Websites, express dissatisfaction with and anger toward institutions that uncritically adulate hyper-masculine/high-contact sport culture and the athletes who are part of this culture (i.e., the “jocks"). Through these Websites, strategies of resistance against the “pro-jock” establishment are offered. An analysis of these sites acts as a departure point for considering how existing approaches to understanding youth cultural activity might be integrated with strands of new social movement theory to better account for more advanced forms of youth opposition/activism that have emerged following (and as a partial result of) the mass adoption of Internet-based communication. Also included is a discussion of the potential for anti-jock Websites specifically, and youth produced alternative-media generally, to empower youth and/or alter the oppressive forces that impact various “outsider” youth groups. The paper concludes with suggestions for future work that would extend and evaluate the ideas proposed here.
Popi Sotiriadou, Leah Brokmann, and Jason Doyle
. ( 2014 ). Elite sport culture and policy interrelationships: The case of Sprint Canoe in Australia . Leisure Studies, 33 ( 6 ), 598 – 617 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2013.833973 Sport Singapore . ( 2019 ). Singapore high performance sports handbook 2019 . https
Nancy Midol and Gérard Broyer
The paper presents an anthropological analysis of whiz sports from a new standpoint in the social sciences. This standpoint ignores the existing split between a science of society and a science of the individual. This approach also offers a new way of thinking the “collective.” The concept of transitional space defined by Winnicott is put forward as a central concept that permits consideration of the individual/group interface.
