Gamal Abdel-Shehid is an associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at York University. He is the author of Who Da Man: Black Masculinities and Sporting Cultures.Nathan Kalman-Lamb is a lecturing fellow in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University, where he teaches on social inequality and sports. His research and teaching focus on labour, race, multiculturalism, gender, spectatorship and sport.

• : Part 1: The Nature of Sport: Alienation and Discipline in High-Performance Sport: Racism and Exploitation in Sport: Sport and Art: C.L.R. James and the Anti-Colonial Movement: Eduardo Galeano: Imperialism and Pleasure in Sport: Part 2: Sport and Identity: Racial Inequality and Capitalism in Women’s Sport: Women’s Sport Today: Transnational Feminism and Neoliberalism: Sport, Normative Masculinity, Racial Inequality and the Ethos of Capitalism: Sport and Sexual Regulation: Part 3: Sport, Culture and Ideology: Sport, Spectacle and Desire: Sport and Representation: Sport and Film: Sport and the Nation: Conclusion: Glossary: References

“Out of Left Field provides an accessible and engaging account of the ways in which colonialism, capitalism, gender, race and sexuality shape the structure and experience of sport.It is an ideal text for introducing students to a cultural studies approach to sport and to tools for analyzing the ideological implications of key facet of contemporary social life.”