A Companion to Sport

Andrews, David L.; Carrington, Ben

A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture.

• Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture
• Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself
• Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution
• Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2013-09-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781405191609

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Dimensions: 248.9cm x172.7cm

Pages: 632.0