Soccer and the American Dream

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-66462-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 370 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

The American Dream is founded upon the ideological belief that ‘you can be anything you want to be’, regardless of your current class position, and is one of the most emotive, pervasive and ideologically embedded concepts championed by American citizens. Providing contemporary insight into the American Dream via the critical lens of soccer – the world’s pre-eminent sport but still a minority interest in the US – this book challenges the notion that America is different, exceptional or unique in the global order, either in real socio-economic-political terms or in perceived cultural terms.

Soccer and the American Dream offers an overview of soccer in the US and uses case studies to explore the motives of American university students in undertaking a soccer scholarship, considering the impact of family, social class and career development upon social mobility and upon the game itself.

Providing a fascinating new insight into the nexus of sport, education, culture and society, this is a topical resource for students, scholars and practitioners across the fields of soccer, higher education, youth sport, sports development, sports coaching and sport management.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten American Football Fußball

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1. What is the American Dream?, 2. Soccer and the USA, 3. Research Design, 4. Results, 5. Discussion, 6. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in Sports Management and Marketing at Teesside University, UK.