Tag: Chris McMillan
Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 11
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Experiences of volt hockey from family members’ perspectives: an interview study by Anna Carin Aho, Elisabeth Renmarker, Malin Axelsson & Malin Axelsson (open access).
An important contribution to the literature that exposes cricket to essential critical self-examination and reflection
In Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green to the Cricket Industry (Routledge) Chris McMillan argues that not only is the story of cricket inescapably entwined with that of capitalism, but that the game provides a unique lens with which to understand the history and development of capitalist political economy. Our reviewer Russell Holden finds, a few critical points notwithstanding, that McMillan’s study is highly relevant and that the book will find itself a slot on any bookshelf entitled Cricket in the 21st century.
