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Sport and society : history, power and culture / Graham Scambler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Issues in societyPublisher: Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2005Description: ix, 211 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0335210716
  • 9780335210718
  • 0335210708
  • 9780335210701
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sport and society.DDC classification:
  • 306.483 22
LOC classification:
  • GV78.5 .S29 2005
Contents:
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 -- --
1. The ancient games -- 2. The genesis of modern sport -- 3. The modern Olympiads -- 4. Exercise, sport and health -- 5. Sport and violence : a 'de-civilizing spurt'? -- 6. The colonization and mediation of sport -- 7. Sociological perspectives on sport -- 8. Towards a critical sociology of sport.
Summary: 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.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.483 SCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A293038B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.483 SCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A293037B

Includes bibliographical references 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 -- --

1. The ancient games -- 2. The genesis of modern sport -- 3. The modern Olympiads -- 4. Exercise, sport and health -- 5. Sport and violence : a 'de-civilizing spurt'? -- 6. The colonization and mediation of sport -- 7. Sociological perspectives on sport -- 8. 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.

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