Social Dimensions of Canadian Sport and Physical Activity

Product Description Social Dimensions of Canadian Sport and Physical Activity by Jane Crossman and Jay Scherer is an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of the relationship between sociological issues and sport, with a specific focus on the Canadian sports industry. Each chapter in this contributed text is written by experts in their field, using both Canadian and international perspectives to address contemporary sociological issues. The authors hope that this text will provide students with a sound basis for understanding the social dimensions of sport and physical activity from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Review The [c]hapters I reviewed are superbly written and would absolutely provide students with a very comprehensive understanding of all the topics... They are explained so well that it captures the students’ interest. I am so impressed by this text. -- Barbara Ruttenberg, Concordia University The chapters I reviewed did well to cover structure, agency, and power. Power was dealt with particularly well in the race/ethnicity and social stratification chapters. -- Fred Mason, University of New Brunswick Excellent introduction ...it is easy to read and comprehend. Terms are well defined and their meanings effectively illustrated. It is one of the best introductions to a Sociology of Sport text that I have ever read, if not the best. -- Susan M. M. Todd, Langara College About the Author EDITORS Dr. Jane Crossman is a Professor Emeritus at Lakehead University where she held several administrative positions throughout her career including Chair and Graduate Coordinator of the School of Kinesiology. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in sport sociology, research methods and mental training. Jane’s research, which pertains to the newspaper coverage of sporting events and the psychosocial dimensions of sports injuries, has been published in a number of scholarly journals. She has edited three books: Coping With Sports Injuries: Psychological Strategies for Rehabilitation (2001) and Canadian Sport Sociology, Editions 1 (2003) and 2 (2007). Jane contributed a chapter to the book The Sport Scientist’s Research Adventures, in which she gave insights into the challenges and gratification of being a researcher. Jane is on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Behavior and regularly reviews for a number of journals and texts in the fields of sport sociology, sport psychology and research methods. During sabbaticals, Jane has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Exeter and Brighton (UK) the University of Otago (New Zealand), Victoria University (Australia) and the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland). Jane enjoys exercising a border collie, golfing, and fiction and non-fiction writing. Dr. Jay Scherer is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta where he has taught sociology of sport courses since 2005. His primary research interests include: cultural studies of sport and leisure; globalization, sport, and public policy; and, sport and the media. Jay’s research has been published in a number of scholarly journals, and his most recent book (with David Rowe) is Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship: Signal Lost? (Routledge, 2013). Outside of the office, Jay enjoys cycling, running, and cross-country skiing. He is an avid fiction reader, and a long-suffering fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Edmonton Oilers. CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Mary Louise Adams is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University, where she teaches courses on sport and culture, the sociology of fitness and contemporary issues in sexuality. She is the author of Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity and the Limits of Sport (2011) and The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality (1997). She writes on issues related to the