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Author Butterworth, Michael L

Title Sport and Militarism : Contemporary global perspectives
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages)
Series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Sport and militarism: an introduction to a global phenomenon; Part I Sport, militarism, and the state; 2 Call of duty: sport and the urban citizen soldier; 3 Weaponizing kinesiology: illuminating the militarization of the sport sciences; 4 Baseball czars, war, and the US military; 5 "Aktiv, Attraktiv, Anders"?: the Bundeswehr's deployment of sports soldiers; 6 Sport and the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1902
7 The absence and presence of state militarism: violence, football, Narcos, and ColombiaPart II Ritual productions of militarism in sport; 8 "God Bless America": an anthem for American exceptionalism and empire; 9 War games: the politics of war, torture, and grieving in Canada; 10 The paradox of militaristic remembrance in British sport and popular culture; 11 "Blood Warriors" and "Polite Siegfrieds": militarism and neo-nationalism in German media discourse after the 2014 World Cup; 12 The military in Brazilian sport: a long and controversial presence
13 Uniforms and unanimity: reading the rhetorical entanglement of militarism and sport through mimetic realismPart III Disciplining gender through sport and militarism; 14 The phallus and the pariah: the cultural politics of the post-9/11 sporting body; 15 Trumpism, Tom Brady, and the reassertion of white supremacy in militarized post-9/11 America; 16 Teaching violence: corporal punishment, vertical hierarchy, and the reproduction of militaristic values in contemporary Japanese sports; 17 Verifying victory: the militarized politics of sex verification in international sports
Summary "The institutional relationship between sport and the military appears to be intensifying. In the US for example, which faced global criticism for its foreign policy during the "war on terror," militaristic images are commonplace at sporting events. The growing global phenomenon of conflating sport with war calls for closer analysis. This critical, interdisciplinary and international book seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means to interrogate, interrupt and intervene on behalf of democratic, peaceful politics.?Viewing sport as a crucial site in which militarism is made visible and legitimate, the book explores the connections between sport, the military and the state, and their consequent impact on wider culture. Featuring case studies on sports such as association football, baseball and athletics from countries including the US, UK, Germany, Canada, South Africa, Brazil and Japan, each chapter sheds new light on the shifting significance of sport in our society.?This book is fascinating reading for all those interested in sport and politics, the sociology of sport, communication studies, the ethics and philosophy of sport, or military sociology."--Provided by publisher
Notes 18 "The woman who saved football in Georgia": a rhetoric of masculine virtue and Spartan motherhoodIndex
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Subject Sports -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Militarism -- Social aspects -- Case studies
Nationalism and sports -- Case studies
Discrimination in sports -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sociology of Sports.
Discrimination in sports
Militarism -- Social aspects
Nationalism and sports
Sports -- Political aspects
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134990382
1134990383