European cultures of sport : examining the nations and regions / edited by James Riordan, Arnd Kruger.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Bristol ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2003Description: vi, 159 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1841500143
9781841500140

Other title:

European cultures in sport : Examining the nations and regions [Cover title]

Subject(s):

Sports -- Social aspects -- Europe

DDC classification:

306.483094 21

LOC classification:

GV706.5 .E97 2003

Contents:

Introduction / James Riordan and Arnd Kruger -- England and Wales / Marc Keech -- Scotland / Ian Thomson -- Denmark / Else Trangbaek -- Germany / Arnd Kruger -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe / James Riordan and Hart Cantelon -- France / Thierry Terret -- Spain / Teresa Gonzalez Aja and Patrick Stumm -- Italy / Angela Teja and Marco Impiglia.

Review: "Identity is analysed by showing how European nations define sport in their own way; Germany including naturalism, Spain - bullfighting, England - cricket and croquet, and so on. The editors' approach refuses to confine 'sport' or 'gymnastics' to a single, culture-specific definition. The globalisation of sport is acknowledged to be constantly giving sport new meanings and activities." "The contributors are eleven sports historians whose intention is both to provide an insight into the unique development of sport in European society and to reveal the related historical processes that have shaped European sport over the last two hundred years."--BOOK JACKET.

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"Identity is analysed by showing how European nations define sport in their own way; Germany including naturalism, Spain - bullfighting, England - cricket and croquet, and so on. The editors' approach refuses to confine 'sport' or 'gymnastics' to a single, culture-specific definition. The globalisation of sport is acknowledged to be constantly giving sport new meanings and activities." "The contributors are eleven sports historians whose intention is both to provide an insight into the unique development of sport in European society and to reveal the related historical processes that have shaped European sport over the last two hundred years."--BOOK JACKET.

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