Sailing and Social Class
Title | Sailing and Social Class PDF eBook |
Author | Alan O'Connor |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 183 |
Release | 2024-04-23 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 104001786X |
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport. The book examines the historical foundations of blue-water sailing as established by naval and colonial shipping, to trace the roots of contemporary sailing and yachting culture. It also examines archives of sailing narratives and cruising guides, as well as the children’s books of Arthur Ransome, arguing that this archival material offers a social rather than a psychological interpretation of the ‘bodily investment’ in sailing. The book uses Bourdieu’s concepts of ‘illusio’ – an investment of time, emotion and body into a worthwhile activity – and ‘habitus’, or lifeworld, alongside contemporary data sets, to examine the yacht club as a social institution, including why many boats never go out on the water, the relationship between yacht clubs and the state, and social issues as manifested in yacht clubs, such as sexism, racism and homophobia. Offering a vigorous sociological critique of yachting and sailing, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of leisure and sport, subcultures, social theory, or social issues in wider society.
Sailing and Social Class
Title | Sailing and Social Class PDF eBook |
Author | ALAN. O'CONNOR |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-04-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781032703572 |
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport. The book examines the historical foundations of blue-water sailing as established by naval and colonial shipping, to trace the roots of contemporary sailing and yachting culture. It also examines archives of sailing narratives and cruising guides, as well as the children's books of Arthur Ransome, arguing that this archival material offers a social rather than a psychological interpretation of the 'bodily investment' in sailing. The book uses Bourdieu's concepts of 'illusio' - an investment of time, emotion and body into a worthwhile activity - and 'habitus', or lifeworld, alongside contemporary data sets, to examine the yacht club as a social institution, including why many boats never go out on the water, the relationship between yacht clubs and the state, and social issues as manifested in yacht clubs, such as sexism, racism and homophobia. Offering a vigorous sociological critique of yachting and sailing, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of leisure and sport, subcultures, social theory, or social issues in wider society.
Sport, Culture and Society
Title | Sport, Culture and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Grant Jarvie |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 434 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780415306478 |
This exciting new undergraduate textbook introduces the reader to the broad and complex relationship between sport, culture and society, and critically examines the key assumptions that we hold with regard to the nature of sport.
Family and Sport
Title | Family and Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Steven M. Ortiz |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | 161 |
Release | 2023-12-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1802629939 |
Highlighting the microlevel of the family to grapple with contemporary social issues at the macrolevel of society, this volume charts new territory to advance a valuable understanding of family and sport issues.
Sailing to Australia
Title | Sailing to Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Hassam |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780719045462 |
Between 1788 and 1880 some 1.3 million free emigrants arrived in Australia from the British Isles. It was a huge transition, both geographically and culturally, and one way of dealing with this appears to have been to write a diary. The surviving diaries offer snapshots of the lives of and experiences of many ordinary people who emigrated.
Invitation to Sailing
Title | Invitation to Sailing PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Brown |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1971-06-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 067121134X |
A complete illustrated guide to small boat sailing that takes you from the first day out to racing in regattas, under the direction of an expert sailor and teacher.
Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing
Title | Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Perry |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781882502899 |