Necropolitical institutions and state-sanctioned violence: Critical discourse analysis of institutional response to a professional boxer's death in Quebec
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on August 18, 2025
Abstract
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 1079-1096, August 2026.
This study examines how necropolitical institutions legitimize state-sanctioned violence in Quebec's professional boxing. Through the case of Jeanette Zacarías Zapata's death, we analyze how state institutions simultaneously regulate and promote boxing, ...
This study examines how necropolitical institutions legitimize state-sanctioned violence in Quebec's professional boxing. Through the case of Jeanette Zacarías Zapata's death, we analyze how state institutions simultaneously regulate and promote boxing, ...