Ellis Cashmore Explained

Ellis Cashmore (10 February 1949 in Staffordshire, Great Britain) is a British sociologist and cultural critic.^{[1] [2]} He is currently a visiting professor of sociology at Aston University.^{[3] [4]} Before teaching at Aston, he used to teach culture, media and sport at Staffordshire University, starting in 1993. Before 1993, he taught sociology at the University of Tampa, Florida; and, before this, he was a lecturer in sociology at the University of Hong Kong.^{[5] [6]} He is a regular contributor at Fair Observer. ^[7]

Selected works

Books authored

• Celebrity Culture. Routledge, 2006. .
• The Black Culture Industry. Routledge, 2006 .
• And There Was Television. Routledge, 2002 .
• Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. Routledge, 2002 .

Contributions

• Screen Society. Springer, 2018. .
• Making Sense of Sports. Psychology Press, 2005. .
• Introduction to Race Relations. Psychology Press, 1990
• No Future: Youth and Society. Pearson Education, 1984

Citations

According to website Briswa, co-founded by Erasmus Programme, Ellis Cashmore "is probably one of the first researchers to investigate racism in football".^[8] His works have been cited by other authors and academics, including Dorceta Taylor (The Environment and the People in American Cities, 2009), Yulisa Amadu Maddy (Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa 2008), Anthony G. Reddie (Theologising Brexit 2019) or Diego Medrano (Una puta albina colgada del brazo de Francisco Umbral 2010). As a researcher, he also have been cited by media outlets such as Reuters and CNN.^{[9] [10]}

External links

• CNN

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• Reuters

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• Aston University

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Banning the internet is like child abuse, sociologist claims. 18 May 2018. Olivia. Petter. The Independent.
2. Web site: Stop pushing children to be sports stars - they will only fail, says expert. The Daily Telegraph. 3 March 2014. Bill. Gardner.
3. Web site: Ellis Cashmore. The Conversation.
4. Web site: Ellis Cashmore. IMDb.
5. Web site: BSS Staff | Aston University. Aston University. 2016-10-21. 2016-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531105539/http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff-directory/professor-ellis-cashmore/. dead.
6. Web site: Biography | Ellis Cashmore.
7. Web site: Ellis Cashmore. Fair Observer.
8. Web site: Ellis Cashmore. Briswa.
9. Web site: Culture of secrecy still surrounds gay footballers. Reuters. John. Mehaffrey. 8 September 2010.
10. Web site: Opinion: It’s time to allow doping in sport. CNN. 4 October 2012.