Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy

Book Overview

College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.

The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813587700
• ISBN13: 9780813587707
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher