This special issue of the Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ) debates issues of identity and inequality in sport. Each article presents an issue, followed by a response and rebuttal, allowing for argument and debate on the topic. Topics covered include class, social theory and sport; cultural identity and the politics of sport; and identity, subjectivity, and misrecognition.

SSJ aims to stimulate and communicate research, critical thought, and theory development on issues pertaining to sociology and sport. The leading and most authoritative journal in the field, SSJ maintains its strong commitment to the field by presenting analyses from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, and welcomes new voices to the discussion of sport, play, games, exercise, leisure, and body culture.

INTRODUCTION
(Post)Identity and Sporting Cultures: Introduction and Overview
Samantha J. King and Mary G. McDonald

ARTICLES
Back to Basics: Class, Social Theory, and Sport
Alan Bairner

Response to Bairner’s “Back to Basics: Class, Social Theory, and Sport”
David L. Andrews

Rebuttal
Alan Bairner

Merely Identity: Cultural Identity and the Politics of Sport
Ben Carrington

Response to Carrington’s “Merely Identity: Cultural Identity and the Politics of Sport”
Margaret Carlisle Duncan

Rebuttal
Ben Carrington

Seeing Your Sporting Body: Identity, Subjectivity, and Misrecognition
Michelle T. Helstein

Response to Helstein’s “Seeing Your Sporting Body: Identity, Subjectivity, and Misrecognition”
Mary Louise Adams

Rebuttal
Michelle T. Helstein

REJOINDER
Intellectual Praxes and the Politics of Analyzing Sport
Kathleen S. Yep

The Vocation of Sport Sociology
Brett St. Louis