ISBN:
9780520963818
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Besnier, Niko The anthropology of sport
Paralleltitel:
Print version Brownell, Susan The Anthropology of Sport : Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
DDC:
306.483
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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Sport
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Sport
Kurzfassung:
Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or China's parks, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or Fiji's rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances. Sport is a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality.
Kurzfassung:
"Cover" -- "Contents" -- "List of Illustrations" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 Sport, Anthropology, and History" -- "2 Sport, Colonialism, and Imperialism" -- "3 Sport, Health, and the Environment" -- "4 Sport, Social Class, Race, and Ethnicity" -- "5 Sport and Sex, Gender, and Sexuality" -- "6 Sport, Cultural Performance, and Mega-events" -- "7 Sport, Nation, and Nationalism" -- "8 Sport in the World System" -- "Epilogue: Sport for Anthropology" -- "Notes" -- "Selected Bibliography" -- "Index" -- "A" -- "B" -- "C" -- "D" -- "E" -- "F" -- "G" -- "H" -- "I" -- "J" -- "K" -- "L" -- "M" -- "N" -- "O" -- "P" -- "Q" -- "R" -- "S" -- "T" -- "U" -- "V" -- "W" -- "X" -- "Y
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