The Athlete as Trickster
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5282030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald R Gems (corresponding author), Gerald Gems (North Central College, Illinois) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-57 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic studies review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-1881 • E-ISSN: 2576-2915 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/esr.2001.24.1.48 |
| OpenAlex | W2762327090 |
| Language | EN |
This study invokes hegemony theory to analyze the role and uses of sport as a means to resist dominant group pressures and the adaptation of sporting practices to subordinate groups' needs. The study draws upon literary and anthropological works that support the role of the trickster as a resistive, even manipulative figure, who fulfills both instructive and psychological needs for particular subordinate groups
Adaptation (eye · Aesthetics · Art · Hegemony · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Trickster · Anthropology · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Law · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |