Sport and Tourism: Globalization, mobility and Identity

✍ Scribed by James Higham, Tom Hinch

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 329
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sport and Tourism: Globalization, Mobility and Identity marks a new era in sport tourism texts. Written by global experts whose previous collaborations have been integral to the development of the field, the book applies key social science concepts and issues relevant to the academic study of sport and tourism.

This is a ground-breaking text, which: *Critically explores the wider manifestations of sport-related tourism and mobility *Addresses key themes such as globalization, mobility and identity *Explores the unique interrelationship that exists in a sport tourism context between activity, people and place *Includes case studies written by a range of leading scholars from around the world

Set to be the an essential text for any student or academic in the field, Sport and Tourism: Globalization, mobility and identity cements and advances previous studies by building upon existing literature, while extending the field by exploring avenues of study that are yet to be comprehensively addressed. The latest collaboration by internationally renowned authors applies new theoretical perspectives for the advancement of sport tourism.

James Higham Professor, Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand

Tom Hinch Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada

                                     *Critically explores the wider manifestations of sport-related tourism and mobility *Addresses key themes such as globalization, mobility and identity *Explores the unique interrelationship that exists in a sport tourism context between activity, people and place *Includes case studies written by a range of leading scholars from around the world

✦ Table of Contents

Sport and Tourism: Globalization,Mobility and Identity......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Case Studies......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
PART 1 Introduction......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 Sport and Tourism: Globalization, Mobility and Identity......Page 18
WIDER AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 19
BEYOND DEFINING PHENOMENA......Page 21
THE BROAD CONTEXT: GLOBALIZATION, MOBILITY AND IDENTITY......Page 25
SPORT AND TOURISM: ACTIVITY, PEOPLE AND PLACE......Page 26
PART 2 Globalization, Mobility and Identity......Page 30
GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES......Page 32
A CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION AND THE CONSUMPTION OF CULTURE
......Page 38
GLOBALIZATION ISSUES FACING SPORT TOURISM......Page 43
CONCLUSION......Page 48
CHAPTER 3 Sport and Contemporary Mobility......Page 50
GLOBALIZATION AND MOBILITY......Page 51
TOURISM AND MOBILITY......Page 60
SPORT AND MOBILITY......Page 62
SPORT AND CONTEMPORARY MOBILITY......Page 64
THE EXTENT OF SPORT-RELATED MOBILITY......Page 66
CONCLUSION......Page 68
CHAPTER 4 Culture and Identity......Page 72
THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY......Page 73
CULTURE, SPORT AND TOURISM......Page 75
NEGOTIATING IDENTITY......Page 80
CONCLUSION......Page 84
PART 3 Activity......Page 86
CHAPTER 5 Globalization and the Mobility of Elite Competitors......Page 88
THE GLOBALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPORT......Page 89
SPORT, GLOBALIZATION AND IDENTITY......Page 91
THE ATHLETIC MOBILITY CONTEXT: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES......Page 93
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL AND/OR TEAM NEEDS AT THE PLACE OF COMPETITION......Page 101
THE SUPPLY-SIDE OF ELITE ATHLETIC MOBILITY......Page 107
CONCLUSION......Page 115
CHAPTER 6 Spectatorship and Spectator Experiences......Page 118
SPORT SPECTATORSHIP AND THE SEARCH FOR AUTHENTIC
EXPERIENCES......Page 124
LIVE AND MEDIATED SPECTATOR INTERESTS......Page 128
THEORIZING LIVE SPORT SPECTATORSHIP IN A GLOBALIZED MULTI-MEDIA SOCIETY......Page 133
CONCLUSION......Page 138
TRAVEL: A BENEFIT OR CONSTRAINT?......Page 140
SERIOUS LEISURE......Page 143
IMPLICATIONS FOR SPORT TOURISM......Page 151
CONCLUSION......Page 156
PART 4
People......Page 158
SPORT AS A CULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTION......Page 160
COMMODIFICATION......Page 162
AUTHENTICITY......Page 167
CONCLUSION......Page 172
CHAPTER 9 Temporary Sport Migrants......Page 174
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TOURIST AND MIGRANT......Page 175
TEMPORARY MIGRATIONS OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION......Page 178
MIGRANTS OF THE MIDDLE GROUND – HYBRIDS OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION......Page 183
CONCLUSION......Page 190
CHAPTER 10 Transnationalism, Migration and Diaspora
......Page 192
GLOBALIZATION AND THE MOBILITY OF SPORTS......Page 193
MEDIUM- AND LONG-TERM RETURN TRAVEL PATTERNS
......Page 195
SPORT AND TRANSNATIONALISM......Page 200
SPORT AND LABOUR MIGRATIONS......Page 202
SPORT AND DIASPORA......Page 208
CONCLUSION......Page 209
PART 5 Place......Page 212
CHAPTER 11 Modern Landscapes and Retro Parks......Page 214
NATURAL LANDSCAPES OF SPORT......Page 215
SPORTS AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE......Page 216
BUILT LANDSCAPES FOR SPORT......Page 222
RETRO PARKS......Page 223
LANDSCAPES OF SPORT AND SOCIETY......Page 228
CONCLUSION......Page 229
PLACE AND PLACE ATTACHMENT......Page 232
PLACE DEPENDENCE......Page 235
PLACE IDENTITY......Page 238
SPORT, PLACE AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY......Page 244
CONCLUSION......Page 249
CHAPTER 13 Sport and Place Competition......Page 252
PLACE AND PLACE COMPETITION......Page 253
SPORT AND PLACE IDENTITY......Page 254
IMAGING AND RE-IMAGING PLACES......Page 260
SPORT AND TOURISM PLACE COMPETITION......Page 261
DESTINATION IMAGE AND REGIONAL TOURISM DIFFERENTIATION......Page 262
COMPETITION BETWEEN LOCATIONS......Page 267
CONCLUSION......Page 271
PART 6 Conclusion......Page 272
CHAPTER 14 Globalization, Mobility and Identity: Building Theoretically Informed Insights into the Study of Sport and Tourism......Page 274
GLOBALIZATION......Page 275
MOBILITY......Page 277
IDENTITY......Page 279
MEETING THE CHALLENGE......Page 280
References......Page 282
Index......Page 322