Making Sport Great Again The Uber-Sport Assemblage, Neoliberalism, and the Trump Conjuncture /

• Main Author: Andrews, David L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Culture.; Political sociology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sociology of Culture.; Political Sociology.; Social Theory.

"With the publication of the brilliant Making Sport Great Again, Professor David L. Andrews firmly establishes himself as the leading social theorist of sport in late-capitalist consumer culture. There is no better scholarly guide to the politicized and politicizing nature and influence of cont...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction.-Uber-Sport as Culture Industry
• Chapter 2: Assembling Uber-Sport
• Chapter 3: Uber-Sporting Neoliberalisms
• Chapter 4: Trumping the Uber-Sport Assemblage
• Chapter 5: Conclusion.-How and Why to Read Uber-Sport?