Understanding sport : an introduction to the sociological and cultural analysis of sport / John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999Description: xvii, 298 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0419252908
- 9780419252900
- 0419136401
- 9780419136408
- 306.4830941 21
- GV706.5 .H664 1999
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 306.4830941 HOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A182304B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Industrial society, social change and sports culture -- Case studies in the growth of modern sports -- Interpreting the growth of sports -- Social stratification and social divisions in sport -- Socialisation: social interaction and development -- Representation, sport and the media -- Sport, the state and politics -- Sport and work -- Commercialisation and the political economy of sport.
"Understanding Sport is an introduction to the study of the social history, sociology and cultural analysis of sports. The book covers both elite and recreational sports activities, and explains the key theoretical traditions and the ways in which different forms of analysis have attempted to expose the social dimensions of sports and its place within the wider context of leisure cultures."--Publisher description.
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