Paddock Rites

Integrative Ritual in the Racing Community

Bibliographic Data

ID2274223
AuthorsCarole Case (Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada), corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume58
Issue3
Pages279-290
Publication date1988-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-682x.1988.tb01062.x
OpenAlexW2106936432
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

This paper explores a focal ritual in the community of horseracing known as the paddock. Using data gathered through participant observation, the author interprets the paddock ritual within the context of the racing community and its status hierarchy. The ritual integrates members of the racing community in relation to their social prestige and thus contributes to the social order. The paddock accomplishes this integrative function by according marginal members of the racing community temporary public recognition and acknowledgement of their contributions, both of which mitigate the alienation these individuals routinely experience

Acknowledgement · Aesthetics · Alienation · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Hierarchy · Political science · Prestige · Relation (database) · Social hierarchy · Social science · Sociology · American Sports and Literature · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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