Full Description
In sport, hazing and initiation rites and rituals are commonly justified by team leaders and proponents as upholding traditions, proving one's commitment to a team, and as a way of strengthening team bonds. This edited collection offers a current critical analysis of sport hazing practices, including diverse perspectives and experiences of hazing and initiation in the contemporary sport landscape.
Providing a much-needed cutting-edge update on the last major publication on sport hazing practices published more than two decades ago, the chapters delve into the continuation of potentially harmful, traditional initiations including the use of alcohol, secrecy, attire, hierarchy, confinement, gender, tradition, heterosexism, homoeroticism, misogyny, power, masculinity, cohesion, symbolism, ritual and the cycle of status from initiated to initiator. With a section dedicated to practical suggestions for enacting positive change to team sport cultures and welcome rituals, authors consider intersections of identity, gender, race, ethnicity, and more, and offer examinations of team hazing from diverse perspectives, analytical frameworks, and theoretical lenses.
Responding to recent shifts in the political and sport landscape, it presents an international view, collectively including multi-disciplinary, pioneering perspectives on the current sport hazing landscape - a timely and rich offering to the sporting literature.
Contents
Foreword; Hank Nuwer
Introduction - Cultures of Sport Hazing and Anti-Hazing Initiatives for the 21st Century: Stepping across the Millennium; jay johnson and Jessica W. Chin
Part 1. Trends across Time and the Globe
Chapter 1. In Conversation: Reflections on Sport Hazing Cultures and Alternative Initiatives into the 21st Century; jay johnson, Jessica W. Chin, and Margery Holman
Chapter 2. Oss! Embracement of Catastrophic Masculinity through Hazing Practices in Three Martial Arts Performed in Brazil; Fabiana Turelli, David Kirk, and Alexandre Fernandez Vaz
Chapter 3. The Badge, the Blazer and Those Who Came Before Us: A Sociological Study on Hazing in Former Model C All-Boys Schools in the Eastern Cape; Bapiwe Gobodo
Chapter 4. The 10,000 ft View: A Global Analysis of the Impact(s) of Hazing Legislation; Brian Crow and Colleen McGlone
Chapter 5. "Big Boy Bullying": The Interrelationship of Hazing, Masculinity, and Consent in the Canadian Hockey League; Martine Dennie, Cheryl MacDonald, and Austin Sutherland
Part 2. Amplifying Voices of Stakeholders
Chapter 6. Sexually Violent Hazing and Group Sexual Assault in Junior Hockey in Canada; Curtis Fogel and Andrea Quinlan
Chapter 7. Hazing and Its Prevention in Collegiate Athletics; Elizabeth J. Allan and David J. Kerschner
Chapter 8. Hazing in Girls' and Women's Sport Post-Title IX: Social Change, Athletes' Experiences and Community Responses in the United States; Jessica W. Chin
Chapter 9. Rookies and Retweets: Inside the World of University Sport, Social Media, and Hazing Rituals; Geneva Gudmundson, jay johnson, Jessica W. Chin, and Margery Holman
Part 3. Impacting Systemic Change
Chapter 10. Using Team Culture and Peer Leadership to Understand and Reduce Hazing in College Athletics; Christopher Zacharda
Chapter 11. A Psychological Toll: Hazing's Impact on Mental Health; Jennifer J. Waldron
Chapter 12. Alternatives to Sport Hazing: Recommendations and Actionable Steps for Building Inclusive Team Ethics and Practices; Jessica W. Chin and jay johnson
