Hughson, John, 1958-

The uses of sport : a critical study / John Hughson, David Inglis and Marcus Free. - v,212 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-202) and index.

Sport, culture and civilisation -- Sport, community and the common culture -- Sport, public culture and community: letters from America -- Sport and popular culture -- Sport, postmodernism and culture -- Sport, power and the material relations of culture -- Sport, culture and embodied experience -- Sport, culturalism and ethnography -- Conclusion: sport and the 'City of culture' -- -- Sport, culture and civilisation -- Sport, community and the common culture -- Sport, public culture and community : letters from America -- Sport and popular culture -- Sport, postmodernism and culture -- Sport, power and the material relations of culture -- Sport, culture and embodied experience -- Sport, culturalism and ethnography -- Conclusion : sport and the 'city of culture'. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Putting sport in the spotlight of cultural inquiry, the authors engage with a number of themes including community and social capital, cultural populism, cultural materialism, visual culture and citizenship.

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Sports--Social aspects

GV706.5 / .H83 2005

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