Sport, Culture, and Society is a series from the University of Arkansas Press that published monographs and collections for academics and general readers in the humanities and social sciences. Its focus was the role of sport in the development of community and the forging of individual, local, regional, and national identities.
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Sport is an extraordinarily important phenomenon that pervades the lives of many people and has enormous impact on society in an assortment of different ways. At its most fundamental level, sport has the power to bring people great joy and satisfy their competitive urges while at once allowing them to form bonds and a sense of community with others from diverse backgrounds and interests and various walks of life. Sport also makes clear, especially at the highest levels of competition, the lengths that people will go to achieve victory as well as how closely connected it is to business, education, politics, economics, religion, law, family, law, family, and other societal institutions. Sport is, moreover, partly about identity development and how individuals and groups, irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic class, have sought to elevate their status and realize material success and social mobility.
Sport, Culture, and Society seeks to promote a greater understanding of the aforementioned issues and many others. Recognizing sport’s powerful influence and ability to change people’s lives in significant and important ways, the series focuses on topics ranging from urbanization and community development to biography and intercollegiate athletics. It includes both monographs and anthologies that are characterized by excellent scholarship, accessible to a wide audience, and interesting and thoughtful in design and interpretations. Singular features of the series are authors and editors representing a variety of disciplinary areas and who adopt different methodological approaches. The series also includes works by individuals at various stages of their careers, both sport studies scholars of outstanding talent just beginning to make their mark on the field and more experienced scholars of sport with established reputations.
Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats, edited by Karen Van Horn and Becky Bull is now available! The book features over 250 favorite recipes from University of Arkansas Athletics’ Legends. The favorite recipes of student-athletes...
A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19 by Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney is now available. “Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and Japanese authorities postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for one year. Wenn and...
Eat Like the Hogs: A Collection of Favorite Recipes from Razorback Greats is available for pre-order. “Eat Like the Hogs," writes Food Network host and former Razorback Eddie Jackson, "is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that brings Razorback pride to the table with nearly...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of A Games Changer: The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19 by Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney. Unprecedented. Unparalleled. While past Olympic festivals in...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Berlin Sports: Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in Germany’s Metropolis, edited by Heather L. Dichter and Molly Wilkinson Johnson. Berlin Sports: Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in...
The Journal of Sport History has published a review of George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908 by Jason Winders. “With George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908, Jason Winders has finally...
The Journal of Sport History has published an insightful review of David Lunt's The Crown Games of Ancient Greece: Archaeology, Athletes, and Heroes. “David Lunt’s The Crown Games of Ancient Greece is a strong survey of the four Panhellenic Games, with separate...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the addition of Christine O’Bonsawin as coeditor of the Sport, Culture, and Society Series. O’Bonsawin is Associate Professor of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Victoria, located on Lək̓ʷəŋən...
Kevin Witherspoon has reviewed Olimpismo: The Olympic Movement and the Making of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Spring 2023 issue of the Journal of Olympic Studies. Antonio Sotomayor and Cesar R. Torres, in their recent volume Olimpismo: The Olympic Movement...
The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce that Carry the Rock: Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City by Jay Jennings, is now available. In 2007, as the fiftieth anniversary of the fight to integrate Little Rock Central High School approached,...
