Making the Team -

Making the Team

Inside the World of Sport Initiations and Hazing

Jay Johnson, Margery Homan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
179 Seiten
2004
Canadian Scholars (Verlag)
978-1-55130-247-8 (ISBN)
37,35 inkl. MwSt
Media attention has raised public awareness of hazing rituals, generating curiosity, interest and debate about hazing as an initiation practice. Making the Team is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary perspectives on this topic. It provides a theoretical analysis of hazing from a sociological perspective, both in the United States and in Canada.
Media attention has recently raised public awareness of hazing rituals, generating curiosity, interest and debate about hazing as an initiation practice. Making the Team is a groundbreaking collection of contemporary perspectives on this topic.

This book provides a theoretical analysis of hazing from a sociological perspective, both in the United States and in Canada. It is designed to provide an understanding of hazing for use in sociology and sport management classes and also is highly suitable for courses that examine gender roles and socialization.

The collection chronicles the hazing practices that exist in sport and offers an historical overview of hazing and its emergence in today's sport culture. It also provides a theoretical and legal guide for understanding and managing hazing in sport.

Jay Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto. A lecturer at York University and the University of Waterloo, he is also affiliated with the LaMarsh Centre for the Study of Violence and Conflict Resolution. Margery Holman is Associate Professor in the faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor. Her areas of expertise and research are sport and the law, sociology of sport, and sexual harassment in higher education.

Introduction: A Brief History of Hazing - Brian Trota and Jay Johnson
Chapter 1: Hazing - A Story - Laura Robinson
Chapter 2: Hazing - What the Law Says - R. Brian Crow and Dennis R. Phillips
Chapter 3: ""No Mercy Shown Nor Asked"" - Toughness Test or Torture?: Hazing in Military Combat Units and Its ""Collateral Damage"" - Greg Malszecki
Chapter 4: A Search for a Theoretical Understanding of Hazing Practices in Athletics - Margery Holman
Chapter 5: Hazing, Masculinity, and Collision Sports: (Un)Becoming Heroes - Elizabeth J. Allan and Gennaro DeAngelis
Chapter 6: What's Sex Got to Do with It? Analysing the Sex and Violence Agenda in Sport Hazing Practices - Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Chapter 7: Gender Differences in Coaches' Perceptions of Hazing in Intercollegiate Athletics - Cristina Caperchione and Margery Holman
Chapter 8: How Sportswriters Contribute to a Hazing Culture in Athletics - Hank Nuwer
Chapter 9: In Their Own Words: Athletic Administrators, Coaches, and Athletes at Two Universities Discuss Hazing Policy Initiatives - Jay Johnson and Peter Donnelly
Chapter 10: Changing the Initiation Ceremony - Jay Johnson and Patricia Miller

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.8.2004
Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 276 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-55130-247-0 / 1551302470
ISBN-13 978-1-55130-247-8 / 9781551302478
Zustand Neuware
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