What is sport? / Roland Barthes ; translated by Richard Howard.
What is sport? / Roland Barthes ; translated by Richard Howard.
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New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2007.
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N796.01/82
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English
French
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xi, 84 p. : ill. ; 15 x 18 cm.
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What Is Sport? -- Correspondence -- Translator's Afterword: A Backward Echo / Richard Howard.
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New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2007.
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Connecticut
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c2007.
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"Once again blurring the distinction between high and low, the great French literary theorist muses philosophically on the question: What is sport? In investigating the phenomenon of sport, Barthes considers five national sports: bullfighting (Spain), car racing (America), cycling (France), hockey (Canada), and soccer (England). For Barthes, sport...
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What is sport? / Roland Barthes ; translated by Richard Howard.
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N796.01/82
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74VK3R7zx2WX
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9780300116045 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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796.01
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991023753059702626
