| （清华大学 体育部，北京 100084） 摘 要：社会学经典之作《街角社会》运用参与观察法，对生活在美国的意大利贫民区中“街角青年”的社会活动与社会结构进行研究，详细记述以保龄球为主的体育运动在街角社会中调节社会群体和个体的心理与行为、促进群体内部的凝集、强化社会地位与分层、加强社会群体之间的交流与互动、发挥非正式体育组织的功能等的重要社会意义。《街角社会》一书为关注日常生活中的体育和边缘社群的体育运动、适当进入与融入田野并合理运用参与观察法研究体育具有启迪意义，作者怀特的职业素养为体育社会学研究者树立了标杆。 |
TIAN En-qing，QIU Jun
| （Department of Physical Education，Tsinghual University，BeiJing 100084，China) Abstract: As a classical sociological work, Street Corner Society studied the social activities and structure of street corner youngsters who lived in an Italian slum in the United States by applying the method of participant observa-tion, expatiated on the important social significance of sports (mainly bowling) in the street corner society, in such aspects as adjusting the psychology and behaviors of social groups and individuals, promoting the internal coher-ence of groups, intensifying social status and stratification, strengthening communication and interaction between social groups, and exerting the functions of nonofficial sports organizations. The book titled Street Corner Society is significant for inspiring us to focus on sports in our daily life and sports for marginal groups, to appropriately enter and blend into farm fields, and to study sports by rationally applying the method of participant observation. The professional makings of Whyte, the author of the book, have set a standard for sports sociological researchers. |
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