Sports Participation and Cultural Identity in the Experience of Young People - Softcover

Maniam, Vegneskumar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3034314221 ISBN 13: 9783034314220

Publisher: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publis, 2014

Synopsis

This book focuses on inclusion and exclusion in sporting activities among young people in a multicultural society. Do young people who identiy with cultural groups other than the majority experience exclusion from sporting teams, or do they find themselves readily included? Does this vary across identities, and sports? In the context of Australia, where sport is an integral part of national life and one in four of the population were born overseas, and over 270 different ancestries are acknowledged, young people were asked to write about their cultural identity and their experiences playing sport. Using a humanistic sociological approach, the inductive analysis justaposed their sense of cultural identity with their participation or non-participation in sport, and with the particular sports played. This book is important for all those in culturally diverse society especially academics, teachers and sports administrators, who are interested in the issue of exclusion and inclusion of cultural minorities in sport.

About this title

About the Author:

Vegneskumar Maniam, PhD, is an academic in education at the University of Adelaide, Australia. His primary research focus is on Sociology of Education and Sport, especially in relation to issues of multiculturalism and sense of identity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publis
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3034314221
• ISBN 13: 9783034314220
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156