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Papers by Michael Giardina

Journal of Communication, 2004

During the summer of 2001, the cities of Oldham, Bradford, and Burnley in northwest England exper... more During the summer of 2001, the cities of Oldham, Bradford, and Burnley in northwest England experienced Britain's worst racially charged uprisings in the past 20 years. 1 This time, however, the aggrieved communities were Asian, not Black, and shattered the myth that a prevailing multiculturalism had displaced Britain's historical racial tensions. The most violent incident occurred when a peaceful anti-Nazi League protest meeting held in Bradford's Centenary Square was interrupted by far-right National Front supporters . Allegedly, National Front supporters, many of whom had gathered at a local pub, incited the uprising by confronting and then shouting racial slurs at the 500 (mainly Asian) protesters-the youth's response was "instant and violent" . Bradford was set alight as Asians, Whites, and police engaged in contentious struggles, many turning violent and out of control. According to published reports, nearly 1,000 police officers were deployed to "restore order"-an irony not lost on local residents. Although a multicultural city, the relationship between police and Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities has grown increasingly worse over the past few years, mainly because of the perception that the (primarily White) police force is out of touch with the needs and concerns of Bradford's some 100,000 minority residents (one fifth of Bradford's total population). In the months following the uprisings, British newspaper columns, editorials, and investigative reports endeavored to "get to the heart of the matter"-to try and understand the plight of Britain's British Asian population. 2 Most narrative accounts detailed the uprisings in one of three ways. The most prevailing commentary was presented in terms of social binaries (e.g., Asian/White, Muslim/Hindu, and/or upper-class/working-class). Significantly, disillusionment and class differences among minority groups became a focal point for blame as attention was directed away from both the constabulary and New Labour's policies on race and ethnicity. Relatedly, the so-called reality of self-segregational minority communities was blamed for

Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2014

This article offers a critical analysis of the mediation and commercialization of "bum fighting" ... more This article offers a critical analysis of the mediation and commercialization of "bum fighting" (videotaping two or more poverty stricken individuals engaged in low-dollar bloodsport). In recent years, the production of pugilism has emerged in the US as popular -and indeed highly lucrative-features of the media-sport landscape. This paper looks into what we can learn from these 1) deeply corporeal mediations and 2) radically political public pedagogies. Regarding the corporeal dimension, we deconstruct the ways in which bodies-and particularly bodies of the street-are framed within these popular discursive formations. We also explore the ways in which these media representations valorize, and are articulated within, broader political mediations on the underprivileged and "living welfarism"-which largely portray individuals living with homelessness as social welfare "parasites," drug addicts, or nuisances to a nation's economic growth. We consider how these popular media constructs locate certain bodies as abject and thereby disposable. We conclude by discussing what these public pedagogies tell us not only about public space but most importantly about bodies that inhabit them.

The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies, 2012

Sport, culture and advertising: Identities, commodities …, 2005

... The congress, and by extension this book, would not have materialized without the tireless ..... more ... The congress, and by extension this book, would not have materialized without the tireless ... Congress continued the call to arms by exploring experiences with institutional review boards; investigating ... A social justice agenda for qualitative inquiry is based on a politics of hope. ...

... evidence-based research movement, and emerging standards and guidelines for conducting and ev... more ... evidence-based research movement, and emerging standards and guidelines for conducting and evaluating qualitative inquiry (St ... surrounding the politics and ethics of evi-dence and the value of qualitative work in addressing matters of equity and social justice (Lather, 2006 ...

LEFT COAST PRESS, INC. 1630 North Main Street,# 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 http://www. LCoastPres... more LEFT COAST PRESS, INC. 1630 North Main Street,# 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 http://www. LCoastPress. com Copyright© 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in ...

Sport and modern social …, 2004

This chapter introduces Foucault's theoretical contributions and sport scholarship, and disc... more This chapter introduces Foucault's theoretical contributions and sport scholarship, and discusses his conceptualization of modern power. More specifically, the sections are organized around the following key terms that help explain the operations of modern power: panopticism/ ...

... grateful to Soochul and Viviana for their close reading of the final text and the technical p... more ... grateful to Soochul and Viviana for their close reading of the final text and the technical preparation and collation of the book manuscript for production at Peter Lang. Versions of the following chapters were published elsewhere: Fine, M., Tuck, JE, and Zeller-Berkman, S." Do ...

Sport and corporate nationalisms, 2005

... citizen-building practices" by developing and deploying a remolded view of the U... more ... citizen-building practices" by developing and deploying a remolded view of the United States as a ... Insurance, Gatorade, Sports Illustrated for Women, HealthSouth, PAX Television, MBNA America, American Youth Soccer Organization, and US Youth Soccer are" League ...

... That conference, and by extension this book, would not have materialized in its current form ... more ... That conference, and by extension this book, would not have materialized in its current form without the continuous work of James Salvo, Grant Kien, LiXiong, JiaJia, Aisha Durham, David Monje, and Kevin Dolan, who were invaluable in their organi-zational expertise and ...

Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Say lt Loud! 'Thi s on, ZG8X-P90-BRS5 Page 4. Page 5. / EP S... more Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Say lt Loud! 'Thi s on, ZG8X-P90-BRS5 Page 4. Page 5. / EP Say It Loud! \frican-American Audiences, Media, and Identity feWSe**??*r'"?-'I'T *&.!;'-y$&: M----* Edited by Robin R. Means Coleman Routledge New York and London Page 6. ...

Journal of Communication, 2004

During the summer of 2001, the cities of Oldham, Bradford, and Burnley in northwest England exper... more During the summer of 2001, the cities of Oldham, Bradford, and Burnley in northwest England experienced Britain's worst racially charged uprisings in the past 20 years. 1 This time, however, the aggrieved communities were Asian, not Black, and shattered the myth that a prevailing multiculturalism had displaced Britain's historical racial tensions. The most violent incident occurred when a peaceful anti-Nazi League protest meeting held in Bradford's Centenary Square was interrupted by far-right National Front supporters . Allegedly, National Front supporters, many of whom had gathered at a local pub, incited the uprising by confronting and then shouting racial slurs at the 500 (mainly Asian) protesters-the youth's response was "instant and violent" . Bradford was set alight as Asians, Whites, and police engaged in contentious struggles, many turning violent and out of control. According to published reports, nearly 1,000 police officers were deployed to "restore order"-an irony not lost on local residents. Although a multicultural city, the relationship between police and Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh communities has grown increasingly worse over the past few years, mainly because of the perception that the (primarily White) police force is out of touch with the needs and concerns of Bradford's some 100,000 minority residents (one fifth of Bradford's total population). In the months following the uprisings, British newspaper columns, editorials, and investigative reports endeavored to "get to the heart of the matter"-to try and understand the plight of Britain's British Asian population. 2 Most narrative accounts detailed the uprisings in one of three ways. The most prevailing commentary was presented in terms of social binaries (e.g., Asian/White, Muslim/Hindu, and/or upper-class/working-class). Significantly, disillusionment and class differences among minority groups became a focal point for blame as attention was directed away from both the constabulary and New Labour's policies on race and ethnicity. Relatedly, the so-called reality of self-segregational minority communities was blamed for

Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2014

This article offers a critical analysis of the mediation and commercialization of "bum fighting" ... more This article offers a critical analysis of the mediation and commercialization of "bum fighting" (videotaping two or more poverty stricken individuals engaged in low-dollar bloodsport). In recent years, the production of pugilism has emerged in the US as popular -and indeed highly lucrative-features of the media-sport landscape. This paper looks into what we can learn from these 1) deeply corporeal mediations and 2) radically political public pedagogies. Regarding the corporeal dimension, we deconstruct the ways in which bodies-and particularly bodies of the street-are framed within these popular discursive formations. We also explore the ways in which these media representations valorize, and are articulated within, broader political mediations on the underprivileged and "living welfarism"-which largely portray individuals living with homelessness as social welfare "parasites," drug addicts, or nuisances to a nation's economic growth. We consider how these popular media constructs locate certain bodies as abject and thereby disposable. We conclude by discussing what these public pedagogies tell us not only about public space but most importantly about bodies that inhabit them.

The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies, 2012

Sport, culture and advertising: Identities, commodities …, 2005

... The congress, and by extension this book, would not have materialized without the tireless ..... more ... The congress, and by extension this book, would not have materialized without the tireless ... Congress continued the call to arms by exploring experiences with institutional review boards; investigating ... A social justice agenda for qualitative inquiry is based on a politics of hope. ...

... evidence-based research movement, and emerging standards and guidelines for conducting and ev... more ... evidence-based research movement, and emerging standards and guidelines for conducting and evaluating qualitative inquiry (St ... surrounding the politics and ethics of evi-dence and the value of qualitative work in addressing matters of equity and social justice (Lather, 2006 ...

LEFT COAST PRESS, INC. 1630 North Main Street,# 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 http://www. LCoastPres... more LEFT COAST PRESS, INC. 1630 North Main Street,# 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 http://www. LCoastPress. com Copyright© 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in ...

Sport and modern social …, 2004

This chapter introduces Foucault's theoretical contributions and sport scholarship, and disc... more This chapter introduces Foucault's theoretical contributions and sport scholarship, and discusses his conceptualization of modern power. More specifically, the sections are organized around the following key terms that help explain the operations of modern power: panopticism/ ...

... grateful to Soochul and Viviana for their close reading of the final text and the technical p... more ... grateful to Soochul and Viviana for their close reading of the final text and the technical preparation and collation of the book manuscript for production at Peter Lang. Versions of the following chapters were published elsewhere: Fine, M., Tuck, JE, and Zeller-Berkman, S." Do ...

Sport and corporate nationalisms, 2005

... citizen-building practices" by developing and deploying a remolded view of the U... more ... citizen-building practices" by developing and deploying a remolded view of the United States as a ... Insurance, Gatorade, Sports Illustrated for Women, HealthSouth, PAX Television, MBNA America, American Youth Soccer Organization, and US Youth Soccer are" League ...

... That conference, and by extension this book, would not have materialized in its current form ... more ... That conference, and by extension this book, would not have materialized in its current form without the continuous work of James Salvo, Grant Kien, LiXiong, JiaJia, Aisha Durham, David Monje, and Kevin Dolan, who were invaluable in their organi-zational expertise and ...

Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Say lt Loud! 'Thi s on, ZG8X-P90-BRS5 Page 4. Page 5. / EP S... more Page 1. Page 2. Page 3. Say lt Loud! 'Thi s on, ZG8X-P90-BRS5 Page 4. Page 5. / EP Say It Loud! \frican-American Audiences, Media, and Identity feWSe**??*r'"?-'I'T *&.!;'-y$&: M----* Edited by Robin R. Means Coleman Routledge New York and London Page 6. ...