Whannel, Garry,

Culture, politics and sport : blowing the whistle, revisited / Garry Whannel. - xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge critical studies in sport . - Routledge critical studies in sport. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.

The politics of sport -- Introduction -- The complete original text of Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport -- Profiting by the presence of ideals: sponsorship and Olympism -- Sport and popular culture: the temporary triumph of process over product -- Sport, cultural politics and political culture since 1983 -- Pleasures, commodities and spaces -- Nations, identities, celebrities and bodies -- Globalisation: the global and the local -- Back to politics. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In Culture, Politics and Sport: Blowing the Whistle, Revisited, Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition, assessing their 1980s context from our new millennium perspective, and exploring their continued relevance for contemporary sports academics." "This revisited volume will appeal to undergraduate students and researchers in sports and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.

0415417066 9780415417068 0415417074 9780415417075

2007016397


Sports and state

GV707 / .W45 2008

306.483