Perelman, Marc, <br/><br/>
Barbaric sport :  a global plague / 
Marc Perelman ; translated by John Howe. 
 - x, 134 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134). 
<br/><br/>The real nature of the Olympic Games: Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980, the football World Cup, Argentina 1978 -- Beijing 2008: the games of shame -- The Olympic charter -- Competitive sport: globalized sports-spectacle and national fetish -- Sport: as old as the world? -- Origin and development of the theses on the critique of sport -- The stadium: consolidation of the masses -- Sport, culture and youth -- The sporting champion: addiction and drugs -- The globalization of sport through doping -- The globalization of sport and the sporting mode of production -- The show stadium -- The power of images -- A standardized aesthetic -- Sexuality, homosexuality and sport -- The religion of sport -- The critique of sport as it was -- The arrival of sport as an academic discipline -- The future of the critique of sport. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from French. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1844678598 9781844678594 1844679136 9781844679133 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012003763 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports and state.<br/>Sports--Sociological aspects<br/>Sports--Corrupt practices<br/>Sports and globalization
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV706.35  / .P47513 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.483