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Figurationalism
Reading Guides:
Dunning E et al. (1986) ‘Spectator Violence at Football Matches:
towards a sociological explanation’ in British Journal of
Sociology,
37, 2: 221—44. ( a figurational approach)
Dunning,
E.
(1990) 'Sociological
Reflections on Sport, Violence and Civilization',
in International
Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol.
25, no
1: 65 -- 83. (applies Elias)
Dunning, E
and Waddington, I.
(2003) 'Sport as a Drug and Drugs in Sport', in International Review for the Sociology of
Sport, vol 38 No. 3: 351 - 368. (An exploratory piece, showing
the relevance of work in the figurationalist tradition. Also useful for
its scepticism about policies promoting participation in sport as
minimising illegal activities among the young).
Mennell,
S (1985) All Manners of Food, Oxford: Blackwell
Mennell,
S (1992) Norbert Elias An
Introduction, Oxford:
Blackwell
Tuck, J.
(2003) 'The Men in
White. Reflections on Rugby Union, the Media and Englishness', in International Review for the Sociology of
Sport, Vol 38, No 2: 177 - 199. (An analysis of the media
coverage of the England rugby team during the 1995 World Cup -- so lots
of comparisons to be made with the 2003 success. Uses figurational and
marxist approaches [controversially] combined).
van Krieken, R (1999) 'The barbarism of
civilization: cultural genocide and the "stolen generations"', in British Journal of Sociology, Vol.
50, no.2: 297--315
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