{"product_id":"the-palgrave-handbook-of-sport-stephen-wagg-9783030728281","title":"The Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm","description":"Introduction.- \u003cb\u003eSection 1: Bodily Damage and Pre- and Early Industrial Sport, \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1 \u003ci\u003eHonor, Injury, and Death in the Athletics of the Ancient World, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael B. Poliakof.- Chapter 2. \u003ci\u003e'Beastly fury and extreme violence': pain, injury and death in pre-industrial British and Irish football, \u003c\/i\u003e Ariel Hessayon.- Chapter 3 \u003ci\u003eViolence, injury and the politics of the evolving football codes, \u003c\/i\u003e Liam O'Callaghan.- Chapter 4 \u003ci\u003e\"Though he was evidently suffering great pain, he bore it well: \" Early Twentieth Century Attitudes Toward Injury in North American Combat Sports, \u003c\/i\u003eNathan Hatton.- \u003cb\u003eSection 2 The NFL: Politics, Injury and American National Identity, \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 5 \u003ci\u003eInflaming the Civic Temper: Head Injury and Violence Debates in Early U.S. American Football, \u003c\/i\u003e Emily Harrison.- Chapter 6 \u003ci\u003eA Problem That Cries Out For Standards: Football Helmets, Conceptions of Risk, and the National Commission on Product Safety, 1967-1970, \u003c\/i\u003eKathleen Bachynski.- Chapter 7 \u003ci\u003e'Lights Out: The National Football League, Concussion Research, and the Suppression of Evidence', \u003c\/i\u003e Lucia Trimbur.- Chapter 8 \u003ci\u003eInjuries as Usual: The Football Problem(s) in American Society, \u003c\/i\u003ePeter Benson and Adam Rugg.- \u003cb\u003eSection 3 Sporting Females and the Politics of Injury.- \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 9 \u003ci\u003eInjury at the Extreme: Alison Hargreaves, mountaineering and motherhood, \u003c\/i\u003eCarol Osborne.- Chapter 10 \u003ci\u003eGendered Bodies, Gendered Injuries, \u003c\/i\u003e Kath Woodward.- Chapter 11 \u003ci\u003eThe Not So Glamorous World of Women's Wrestling, \u003c\/i\u003e Karen Corteen.- \u003cb\u003eSection 4 Sport as Transport: Horse, Cycle and Motor Racing and the Politics of Safety.- \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 12 \u003ci\u003eFallers: Politics, Injury and Death in Horseracing, \u003c\/i\u003e Patrick Sharman.- Chapter 13 \u003ci\u003e\"Dishing out the pain\" in professional cycling, \u003c\/i\u003e Peter Bramham.- Chapter 14. \u003ci\u003eFlapping His Elbows and Making Chicken Noises at Me: The Politics of Driver and Spectator Safety in Formula One Motor Racing, \u003c\/i\u003eStephen Wagg.- \u003cb\u003eSection 5: Sport, Injury and the Culture of Late Capitalism.- \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 15 \u003ci\u003eMcDonaldization and Sporting Bodies: The Irrationality of Sport Rationalization, \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Andrews.- Chapter 16 \u003ci\u003eThe 'Concussion Crisis' and the Gift Economy: Athletes' Brain Donation and the Political Economy of Dissection, \u003c\/i\u003eSean Brayton and Michelle Helstein.- Chapter 17 \u003ci\u003eThe Collegiate Arms Race: Aspiration, Injury and the Inner City Black Male in US Basketball, \u003c\/i\u003eScott Brooks.- Chapter 18 \u003ci\u003eConsenting to Violence: The Politics of Sports Injury, \u003c\/i\u003eJill Weinberg.- Chapter 19 \u003ci\u003eForging Elite Fitness? Crossfit, Injury and the Politics of Risk, \u003c\/i\u003eShaun Edmonds.- Chapter 20 \u003ci\u003eMedical Care as Self-Defence: Mixed Martial Arts, Sports Medics and the Politics of Injury, \u003c\/i\u003eAlex Channon, Christopher R. Matthews and Mathew Hillier.- Chapter 21, \u003ci\u003eColour Blind and Ready to Play: Sport, Labour, and Whiteness in The Hunger Games Film Series, \u003c\/i\u003eNicholas Rickards.- \u003cb\u003eSection 6: Sport and Injury - Case Studies, \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 22 \u003ci\u003eInjury and Olympic Politics, 1896-1988\u003c\/i\u003e, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Lee Hill.- Chapter 23 \u003ci\u003e'Fits and starts': Re-examining the Mystery of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo and the 1998 World Cup Final, \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Sugden.- Chapter 24 \u003ci\u003eThe Cricket Pitch as 'Unsafe Workplace': Sports Culture and the Death of Phillip Hughes, \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Rowe.- Chapter 25 \u003ci\u003eMuhammad Ali, Sport Celebrity and Perceptions of Parkinson's Disease, \u003c\/i\u003eNicole Eugene and Jenny Nelson.- Chapter 26 \u003ci\u003eContextualizing Jordan McNair: Injurious Practices, Disposable Black Bodies, and Regressive Nationalism, \u003c\/i\u003e Physical Cultural Studies Research Group, University of Maryland.- Chapter 27 'Snipers Stop Play' The Israeli Defence Force and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Wagg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030728285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030728281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs","brand":"Stephen Wagg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122648772863,"sku":"9783030728281","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_333780a0-8fd3-436b-805e-1967fdd5c9a4.jpg?v=1687426335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-palgrave-handbook-of-sport-stephen-wagg-9783030728281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}