Crime, Deviance and Doping: Fallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management of Stigma

By Majid Yar

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137403748
• ISBN13: 9781137403742
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"