Crime, Deviance and Doping: Fallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management of Stigma (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137403742)

Vendor: M. Yar
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Crime, Deviance and Doping: Fallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management of Stigma

$54.99

Crime, Deviance and Doping: Fallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management of Stigma

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption.

Author: M. Yar
ISBN-10: 1137403748
ISBN-13: 9781137403742
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2014
Pages: 106
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d
By M. Yar
By M. Yar
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Majid Yar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hull, UK. He has researched and published widely in the areas of crime & deviance studies, media & popular culture, and social & criminological theory.

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