By Robert R. Sands, 2002

"Sport Ethnography is a complete introduction and resource in the emerging discipline of sport ethnography. Written by Robert R. Sands, PhD, an anthropologist well versed in the use of the ethnographic method in sport, Sport Ethnography is an all-inclusive guide for anyone interested in the field.

Sport Ethnography incorporates methodological case studies to illustrate field techniques in specific sport situations. Sands relays his real-life experiences in sport ethnography, which include confrontations with "surf Nazis" and becoming a tackling dummy for football players. In addition, the book provides you with multiple reference points that include experiences of others trained in fieldwork who explore triathlons and professional wrestling, go behind the TV camera and inside the dugout, and wrap ankles and windsurf. These insights will allow you to perform sport ethnography with greater cultural accuracy."

- Excerpt, Human Kinetics, Inc.

By Robert R. Sands, 1999

"Sport and Culture: At Play in the Fields of Anthropology is an informative discussion of the concepts of an anthropological look at sport. Included are sections on culture and sport, ethnographic method, and a survey of work being done on topics such as religion and sport and gender and sport."

By Robert R. Sands, 1999

"A foremost authority on sport and culture, Sands spent two years playing college football at Santa Barbara City College while he was an anthropology professor.Ê Most college football fans know very little about junior college football and the people who participate, and Sands' analysis of participation is one of a kind.Ê In two seasons, he played a game dictated by the whims of a coaching staff who were the same age he was.Ê After diverse challenges, he came to appreciate football as a sport, which proved to be very different fromÊfootball as a culture....This book is highly readable for all - light, but provacative, simple but genuine."

- Choice Magazine, July/August 2000, Vol 37, no. 11/12

By Robert R. Sands, 1999

"Sands has collected 13 well-constructed and referenced chapters.... The text is an outstanding contribution for undergraduate and graduate students who realize and appreciate the nature and importance of studying sport as a universal phenomenon that both shapes and is shaped by culture."

- Choice

By Robert R. Sands, 1995

"In Instant Acceleration, Robert Sands writes about the relationship between race, cultural identity and sport. By observing and participating as one of the college sprinters he is studying, Sands allows the reader to become personally involved in the sprinters culture, and Sands' own experience of becoming a sprinter. You feel the elation of winning and the pain of losing, and beyond that you understand the larger picture of how contemporary black and white college athletes perceive who they are on and off the track."

Additional Publications by Robert Sands