Concept information
Preferred term
blood sports
Definition
- Blood sports is a generic term applied to any sporting activity that involves the suffering or killing of animals or people, such as bull fighting and fox hunting. In particular, hunting provides us with a useful illustration of the contextual nature of ‘blood sports’. For instance, a simple distinction is often drawn between hunting for subsistence and hunting for pleasure; however, throughout history, hunting has been an activity that has often been associated with ceremony and activities that go beyond the gathering of food alone. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Leisure Studies; Blood Sports]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/blood_sports
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