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Leseprobe

A Companion to Sport

Name: A Companion to Sport
Author: Ben Carrington (Hrsg.), David L. Andrews (Hrsg.)

Ben Carrington (Hrsg.), David L. Andrews (Hrsg.)

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41,99 €

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John Wiley & Sons

Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Allgemeines, Lexika

Beschreibung

A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. * Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture * Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself * Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution * Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics

Rezensionen

(Reference Reviews, 1 December 2014
"No doubt, many students will be inspired by it to undertake further research and create yet new and deeper thoughts on the role sport can play in our society."

"Combining accessible overviews of established fields of research in sport studies with lively discussions of emergent ideas, this landmark text is invaluable."

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Samantha King, Queen'

"An outstanding cast of authors has provided a veritable tour de force of critical inquiry and analysis into the roles of sport in contemporary society. Cutting edge scholarship."

Daryl Adair, University of Technology, Sydney

"This collection offers an important resource documenting the ways in which sport matters culturally as a site of popular pleasure and identifications fraught with ideological and political significance."

Mary McDonald, Miami University

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