Crime, Deviance and Doping [electronic resource] : Fallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management of Stigma /
Yar, M.author.
Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption.
Criminology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Communication.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Sociology, general.
Social Theory.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Media Studies.