Sport and society: history, power and culture
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Main Author: Scambler, Graham (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead, England Open University Press ©2005
Series:Issues in society
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index
The ancient games -- The genesis of modern sport -- The modern Olympiads -- Exercise, sport, and health -- Sport and violence : a "de-civilizing spurt"? -- The colonization and mediation of sport -- Sociological perspectives on sport -- Towards a critical sociology of sport
This text presents a comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport. It examines the changing role of sport in society and analyses topics such as representations of sport in the media and violence in sport
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 211 pages)
ISBN:0335227783
1280947950
9780335227785
9781280947957

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