Drugs, Alcohol and Sport

A Critical History

Paul Dimeo (University of Stirling, UK), Paul Dimeo

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Routledge
13 October 2009

Sports & outdoor recreation; Drug abuse in sport

Series: Sport in the Global Society

The use of alcohol and drugs seems contradictory to the popular ideal of sport as a healthy moral and physical pursuit, and yet it has been present in sports culture since clubs first became the focus for competitive games and social gatherings. Charting the changing patterns of the use of drugs and alcohol since the nineteenth century, this is a critical history that relates substance consumption and regulation to social relations of power: sports men and women almost revelling in their deviance and leaving the moral agonising to their supposed ‘superiors’. In addition, certain substances have become at various times the focus of heightened controversy, raising questions about the symbolism of the body in sport, its uses and behaviours and associated perceptions. These questions are tackled here in a lively discussion on the social construction of drug and alcohol use, ideal as a catalyst for debate or as an informed introduction to the hottest topic in sport today.

This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in History.

Edited by: Paul Dimeo (University of Stirling UK), Paul Dimeo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780415568487
ISBN 10: 041556848X
Series: Sport in the Global Society
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 13 October 2009
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Sons of Lush: Tom Wills, Alcohol and the Colonial Cricketer Gregory M. de Moore 2. Drink and the Professional Footballer in 1890s England and Ireland Pamela Dixon and Neal Garnham 3. Alcohol and the Sportsperson: An Anomalous Alliance Wray Vamplew 4. From Fixed Capacities to Performance-Enhancement: The Paradigm Shift in the Science of ‘Training’ and the Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances Rob Beamish and Ian Ritchie 5. Anabolic Steroid and Stimulant Use in North American Sport between 1850 and 1980 Charles E. Yesalis and Michael S. Bahrke 6. Knud Enemark Jensen’s Death During the 1960 Rome Olympics: A Search for Truth? Verner Møller 7. Changing Patterns of Drug Use in British Sport from the 1960s Ivan Waddington 8. The Legacy of Festina: Patterns of Drug Use in European Cycling Since 1998 Ask Vest Christiansen 9. The Quest for the Imaginary Evil: A Critique of Anti-Doping Kristian Rasmussen

Paul Dimeo is Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies at the University of Stirling.