31: Sport, Animals, and Humans

Atkinson, Michael and Gibson, Kass (2022) 31: Sport, Animals, and Humans. In: The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. Oxford Academic, pp. 595-612. ISBN 9780197519011

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Abstract

Sociologists have documented an array of cultural contexts and practices in which humans and animals collide by design, or accident, through the practice of human sport and leisure. From early studies of animal violence/rights and companionship in sports to more recent debates regarding the deep punctuation of animals within more-than-human sports and leisure networks, sociologists of sport have produced key works contributing to the larger sociology of animals library. Nevertheless, the pervasive confusion about the explicit or implicit goals of a sociology of or for animals in sport raises important questions about the actual purpose or meaning of sociological research for the animals themselves. This chapter provides a topographical view of major issues and sociological problems covered, theoretical and methodological preferences, and unresolved debates in the field. In the end, a case is made for the development of an interspecies physical cultural studies, and suggestions are offered for a more robust and meaningful critical analysis of how humans and other animals interact in and outside of sport.

Item Type:	Book Section
Depositing User:	Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2024 14:58
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2024 14:58
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17788

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