The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas...
The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas...
The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas F. Carter.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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G 2018/0761
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English
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Physical content
xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Sport, anthropology, and history -- Sport, colonialism, and imperialism -- Sport, health, and the environment -- Sport, social class, race, and ethnicity -- Sport and sex, gender, and sexuality -- Sport as cultural performance -- Sport, nation, and nationalism -- Sport in the world system -- Epilogu...
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of...
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The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas F. Carter.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.
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Online version: Besnier, Niko, author. Anthropology of sport Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520963818 (DLC) 2017026172
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©2018
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G 2018/0761
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74VKVGB8xOWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGB8xOWX
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ISBN
0520289013 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520289000 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520289005 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520289017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
306.483
MMS ID
991024156171202626
