Sport and society : history, power and culture / Graham Scambler.
Material type: TextSeries: Issues in society | Issues in societyPublication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005.Description: ix, 211 p. : ill. 24 cmISBN:- 9780335210718 (hbk.) :
- 9780335210701 (pbk.) :
- 9780335210701
- 0335210716 (hbk.)
- 0335210708 (pbk.)
- 9780335210718
- 306.483 SCA
- GV706.5
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306.483 KEW Sport : social problems and issues / | 306.483 MIL Globalization and sport : playing the world / | 306.483 ROW Sport, culture and the media : the unruly trinity / | 306.483 SCA Sport and society : history, power and culture / | 306.483 WOO Social issues in sport / | 306.4830973 YIA Contemporary issues in sociology of sport / | 306.48424083509045 HUQ Beyond subculture : pop, youth and identity in a postcolonial world / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Part one: History and sport -- 1.The ancient games -- 2.The genesis of modern sport -- 3.The modern Olympiads -- Part two: Features of contemporary sport -- 4.Exercise, sport and health -- 5.Sport and violence: a \'de-civilizing spurt\'? -- 6.The colonization and mediation of sport -- Part three: Social theory and sport --7.Sociological perspectives on sport -- 8.Towards a critical sociology of sport.
This text presents a comprehensive account of the contemporary sociology of sport. It examines the changing role of sport in society and analyses topics such as representations of sport in the media and violence in sport.