Culture Politics and Sport

<p><strong>'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it remains an inspiration to many' </strong><em>- Toby Miller Professor of Cultural Studies New York University USA</em></p><p>Garry Whannel’s text <em>Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport</em> broke new ground when it was first published in 1983. Its polemical discussion brought sports as cultural politics into the academic arena and set the agenda for a new wave of researchers. </p><p>Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In <em>Culture Politics and Sport:</em> <em>Blowing the Whistle Revisited</em> Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition assessing their 1980s context from our new millennium perspective and exploring their continued relevance for contemporary sports academics. </p><p>This revisited volume will appeal to undergraduate students and researchers in sports and cultural studies.</p><p><strong>Garry Whannel</strong> is Professor of Media Cultures and Director of the Centre for International Media Analysis at the University of Bedfordshire. His previous books include <em>Media Sports Stars: Masculinities and Moralities</em> <em>Fields in Vision: Television Sport and Cultural Transformation</em> <em>Understanding Sport</em> (co-authored with John Horne and Alan Tomlinson) and <em>Understanding Television</em> (co-edited with Andrew Goodwin) all published by Routledge.</p>