In this innovative study, Patrick Ismond provides an analysis of the issue of racism within British sport. It presents a number of theoretical positions regarding race, racism and sport, before providing a background history of the involvement of minority ethnic communities. Much detailed primary research is used to inform interesting discussions concerning racism in sport and its relationship to ethnicity, identity and notions of Englishness and Britishness. The study also includes a valuable analysis of sexism in sport, and the discrimination suffered by minority ethnic sportswomen.
Autorentext
PATRICK ISMOND lectured in the areas of sociology and mass communications at Bath Spa University College, and the University of the West of England between 1995 and 2001. He has published on issues of racism, ethnicity and identity in sport, and on the media opportunities for minority ethnic cable television companies. He is a freelance writer, and is currently employed by Health Care Trusts in the West of England where he is involved with highlighting and tackling race and sex discrimination.
Zusammenfassung
In Black and Asian Athletes in British Sport and Society Patrick Ismond begins by exploring the ways in which a resurgence of ideas about genetics and heredity has helped to sustain the radialised practices that sometimes show themselves in traditionally masculine sports. The racism experiences by minority ethnic athletes in sport over the last century is related to wider social events, thereby emphasising how British sport has acted as a barometer for tensions over race, and national identity. This book discusses how (if at all) the interviewees identify and consider racism in sport. This is discussed in relation to ethnicity, identity, and notions of Englishness and Britishness. It is argued that the place of minority ethnic women in British sport has been obscured. The detailed, individual accounts of their sporting experiences highlight how the significance attached to sport varies according to a person's biography.
Inhalt
List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Interviewees Introduction: A Sporting Chance? PART I: 'RACE' AND MALE SPORT Understanding 'Race' and 'Sport' British Minority Ethnic Groups, Sport and Society Sporting Beginnings Sport in the Later Years PART II: 'RACE' GENDER AND SPORT Women and Sport Interviews with Black and Asian Sportswomen Conclusion Bibliography Index