Culture Politics and Sport

<p><strong>'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it remains an inspiration to many' </strong><em>- Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University, USA</em></p><p>Garry Whannel’s text <em>Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport</em> broke new ground when it was first published in 1983. Its polemical discussion brought sports as cultural politics into the academic arena and set the agenda for a new wave of researchers. </p><p>Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In <em>Culture, Politics and Sport:</em> <em>Blowing the Whistle, Revisited</em>, Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition, assessing their 1980s context from our new millennium perspective, and exploring their continued relevance for contemporary sports academics. </p><p>This revisited volume will appeal to undergraduate students and researchers in sports and cultural studies.</p><p><strong>Garry Whannel</strong> is Professor of Media Cultures and Director of the Centre for International Media Analysis at the University of Bedfordshire. His previous books include <em>Media Sports Stars: Masculinities and Moralities</em>, <em>Fields in Vision: Television Sport and Cultural Transformation</em>, <em>Understanding Sport</em> (co-authored with John Horne and Alan Tomlinson) and <em>Understanding Television</em> (co-edited with Andrew Goodwin), all published by Routledge.</p> <p><strong>Part 1: The Politics of Sport</strong> 1. Introduction 2. The Complete Original Text of <em>Blowing the Whistle</em>: The Politics of Sport 3. Profiting by the Presence of Ideals: Sponsorship and Olympism 4. Sport and Popular Culture: The Temporary Triumph of Process over Product <strong>Part 2: Sport, Cultural Politics and Political Culture since 1983</strong> 5. Pleasures, Commodities and Spaces 6. Nations, Identities, Celebrities and Bodies 7. Globalisation: The Global and the Local 8. Back to Politics </p>