عنوان

Making sense of sports /

(Number (ISBN

0203133609

(Number (ISBN

0203171004

(Number (ISBN

661032820X

(Number (ISBN

9780203133606

(Number (ISBN

9780203171004

(Number (ISBN

9786610328208

Erroneous ISBN

0415213835

Erroneous ISBN

0415232244

Number

b763791

Title Proper

Making sense of sports /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ellis Cashmore.

Edition Statement

3rd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2000.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 420 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Revised edition of: Making sense of sport. 1996.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-397) and indexes.

Text of Note

Chapter 1 introduction -- why sports fascinate and captivate us -- chapter 2 naturals -- the role of evolution -- chapter 3 built for action the structure and functions of the human body -- the structure and functions of the human -- chapter 4 animal spirits -- a history of sports -- chapter 5 the hunt for reasons -- how theorists have explained sports -- chapter 6 behind on points -- why black sports stars are symbols of failure -- chapter 7 building bodies -- science, sex, and natural-born losers -- chapter 8 the secondbest sex -- how women are devalued and diminished by sports -- chapter 9 champs or cheats? drugs in sports and attempts to eliminate them -- drugs in sports and attempts to eliminate -- chapter 10 not for the fainthearted -- violence and the legal battlefield -- chapter 11 through artists' eyes -- representations of sports -- chapter 12 a match made in heaven -- why television and sports are inseparable -- chapter 13 at the business end -- Rupert Murdoch and the commercial world of sports -- chapter 14 the that conquered the world -- Nike and the globalization process -- chapter 15 same rules, different game -- why sports and politics mix so well -- chapter 16 things to come -- what lies in the future?

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Text of Note

Sports are more important than ever socially, economically and culturally. As well as embodying cherished values and ideals, sports now reflect many of the worries of wider society. Drugs, racism, corruption and violence are all now major concerns and our experience of sport is increasingly subject to a gigantic industry made up of owners, players, sports goods manufacturers, television networks and corporate sponsors.In this newly expanded edition of Making Sense of Sports, Cashmore addresses all these issues as well as the more basic questions about the history of sports, it.

Title

Making sense of sports.

International Standard Book Number

0415232244

Sports-- Social aspects.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- Sociology of Sports.

Sports-- Social aspects.

SPO-- 066000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Cashmore, Ernest.

Cashmore, Ernest.

Date of Transaction

20201204231457.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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