readings

Question 1

Hoye & Nicholson (2012)

Answer 1

Functionalism: Sport builds social capital (networks, trust, community benefits).

Question 2

Delaney (2018)

Answer 2

functionalism basics.

Question 3

De Coninck & Van Bavel (2022)

Answer 3

Functionalism: Bike race built social trust.

Question 4

Birrell & Donnelly

Answer 4

SI: Rowers managed injuries privately, tied to identity.

Question 5

Pike

Answer 5

SI: Injuries hidden to preserve self-identity.

Question 6

Curry (1993)

Answer 6

SI: Wrestlers managed injuries and identity. ROLE IDENDITY

Question 7

Youngs

Answer 7

Marx:
Cultural vs structural Marxism:

Structural = economic relationships between groups.

Cultural = cultural control through sport.

Question 8

Brohm

Answer 8

Marx: Olympics = state uses sport to promote itself.

Question 9

Klein

Answer 9

Marx: Dependency theory - big economies exploiting athletes from smaller economies.

Question 10

Zakus

Answer 10

Marx: Female athletes’ labour (injuries + production = cost).

Question 11

Scraton & Fintoff:

Answer 11

Fem: 3 waves of feminism, 5 strands.

Question 12

Schultz

Answer 12

Fem: Sexualisation moment (e.g., sports bra exposure).

Question 13

Sugden, Kanematsu & Adair:

Answer 13

Fem: Sugden, Kanematsu & Adair:

Question 14

Clayton & Humberstone

Answer 14

Fem: Pro-feminist analysis – gender, alcohol, academia.

Question 15

Rowe

Answer 15

Gramsci: Hegemony - Power maintained because people accept dominant beliefs.

Question 16

Newman

Answer 16

Gramsci: NASCAR + government – fans buy into capitalist system through sport.

Question 17

Chapman & Bruce

Answer 17

Gramsci: Sir Peter Blake’s death and the corporate/media response.

Question 18

Tomlinson

Answer 18

Pierre: Filed, capital and bodily habitus - tennis.

Question 19

different types of capital - Pierre

Answer 19

Economic, social, cultural or symbolic capital.