Fair and Foul Beyond the Myth
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Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport Fourth Edition
D. Stanley Eitzen
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY United Kingdom Copyright © 2009 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eitzen, D. Stanley. Fair and foul : beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport / D. Stanley Eitzen. — 4th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7425-6177-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6178-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6470-1 (electronic) 1. Sports—Sociological aspects. 2. Sports—Psychological aspects. 3. Sports— Social aspects—United States. I. Title. II. Title: Beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport. GV706.5.E567 2009 796—dc22 2008047982 Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 1 2 3 The Duality of Sport Sport Unites, Sport Divides Names, Logos, Mascots, and Flags: The Contradictory Uses of Sports Symbols Sport Is Fair, Sport Is Foul Sport Is Healthy, Sport Is Destructive The Organization of Children’s Play: Peer
A N D
F O U L
F A I R
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F O U L
Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport Fourth Edition
D. Stanley Eitzen
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY United Kingdom Copyright © 2009 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eitzen, D. Stanley. Fair and foul : beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport / D. Stanley Eitzen. — 4th ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7425-6177-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6178-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6470-1 (electronic) 1. Sports—Sociological aspects. 2. Sports—Psychological aspects. 3. Sports— Social aspects—United States. I. Title. II. Title: Beyond the myths and paradoxes of sport. GV706.5.E567 2009 796—dc22 2008047982 Printed in the United States of America
™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 1 2 3 The Duality of Sport Sport Unites, Sport Divides Names, Logos, Mascots, and Flags: The Contradictory Uses of Sports Symbols Sport Is Fair, Sport Is Foul Sport Is Healthy, Sport Is Destructive The Organization of Children’s Play: Peer