Making Sense of Sports
Häftad bok.
Mycket gott skick. [Format: 17,5 x 24,5 cm.] Routledge 1999. (VIII) 296 pages. Contains a few black and white illustrations. --- Synopsis: Sport is not necessarily a pastime or pure recreation. It is an integral part of contemporary culture with connections with industry, commerce and politics. This new expanded edition of Making Sense of Sports includes all you need to know on the history and theories of sports and on more controversial issues. How black sports performers are made Why women are devalued by sports Drug use and attempts to contain it Commercialism and sports Why sports and television are inseparable Violence and the legal battleground Making Sense of Sports is a comprehensive introduction to the study of sports which combines perspectives from the spectrum of natural and social sciences to produce a scholarly yet provocative analysis of one of the most important elements of today's culture.
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