Notes On Entry Routes Into a Sport/Recreational Role: The Case of Sailing

1 September 1986

journal article
other
Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Vol. 10 (2) , 49-59
https://doi.org/10.1177/019372358601000204

Abstract

Interest and participation in sailing, a sport/recreational activity historically associated with the upper class, is on the rise, especially among newcomers from middle class backgrounds. Starting with an explanation for this rise, the article continues by raising sociological questions concerning the problems of attracting and socializing these newcomers to the world of sailing. Ideal type descrip tions of entry routes into sailing are presented along with the implications for newcomers and for sailing itself.

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