Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller, Geoffrey Lawrence, Jim McKay and David Ro...
Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller, Geoffrey Lawrence, Jim McKay and David Ro...
Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller, Geoffrey Lawrence, Jim McKay and David Rowe.
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Publisher
London : SAGE, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N306.483/ 41
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Language
English
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Physical content
160 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction - Why This Book? -- 1. The 'G-Word' Meets the 'S-Word' -- 2. National Symbolism and the Global Exchange of Sporting Bodies -- 3. Sports Media sans Frontieres -- 4. Citizens of the World: The Governance of Sport -- Conclusion - Global Sport and Cultural Labor.
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Publisher
London : SAGE, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book anatomizes the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar, movements of rational recreation and the development of physical education in the public sector are read as ways of disciplining an...
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Globalization and sport : playing the world / Toby Miller, Geoffrey Lawrence, Jim McKay and David Rowe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.483/ 41
Record Identifier
74VvA888oOAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvA888oOAg
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ISBN
0761959696 (pbk.)
9780761959687
0761959688
9780761959694 (pbk.)
DDC
306.483
MMS ID
991013655129702626
