ABSTRACT

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and class.

Presenting research-based strategies in support of social justice, this book places the experiences of disadvantaged communities centre stage. It addresses issues affecting participation, inclusion and engagement in sport, while discussing the challenges faced by specific groups such as Muslim women and LGBT young people. Including original theoretical and methodological insights, it argues that the experiences of these marginalised groups can shed a light on the political struggles taking place over the significance of sport and leisure in society today.

Sport, Leisure and Social Justice is fascinating reading for students and academics with an interest in sport and politics, sport and social problems, gender studies, race and ethnicity studies, or the sociology of sport.

chapter 5|12 pages

Feminist leisure research

Shifts and developments

chapter 6|14 pages

Gender justice?

Muslim women’s experiences of sport and physical activity in the UK

chapter 9|15 pages

Cypher Wild

Leisure, hip-hop and battles for social justice 1

chapter 10|13 pages

Integration or special provision?

Positioning disabled people in sport and leisure

chapter 11|14 pages

‘Knowing me, knowing you’

Biographies and subjectivities in the study of ‘race’

chapter 12|15 pages

Black women, Black voices

The contribution of a Spivakian and Black feminist analysis to studies of sport and leisure

chapter 13|12 pages

Researching the wrong in sport and leisure

Ethical reflections on mapping whiteness, racism and the far-right

chapter 14|14 pages

‘Problems at the boundary’?

South Asians, coaching and cricket

chapter 16|13 pages

Moving forward

Critical reflections on doing social justice research