Critical Issues in Sport and Society features scholarly books that help expand our understanding of the myriad ways in which sport is intertwined with social life in the contemporary world. Using the tools of various scholarly disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, history, media studies and others, books in this new series investigate the growing impact of sport and sports-related activities on various aspects of social life as well as key developments and changes in the sporting world and emerging sporting practices. Series authors produce groundbreaking research that brings empirical and applied work together with cultural critique and historical perspectives written in an engaging, accessible format.
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Examples of appropriate topics include:
- Examinations of new and emerging sports such as mixed martial arts or roller derby
- Analyses of drug or steroid use in major sports at either the professional or amateur level
- Studies of the effect of statutes such as Title IX on the structure of collegiate sports as well as the broader social impacts of such transformations
- Treatments of sport as a site for reproduction or contestation of various forms of social inequality
- Empirical investigations into sport’s relation to health, obesity, and wellness
Series editors
- Douglas Hartmann, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
- Michael Messner, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California
- Jeffrey Montez de Oca, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Submission information
Before submitting a manuscript, please send a brief email of inquiry summarizing your project. Include brief descriptions of your proposed audience, the anticipated length of the completed book (in words, including all notes and scholarly apparatus), the book’s relation to any competing titles, and any planned special features (e.g. illustrations, tables).
Contact
Peter Mickulas
Executive Editor
mickulas@rutgers.edu
