Understanding sports culture / Tony Schirato.
"Understanding Sport Culture traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors (the festivals of Greece and Rome, and games such as folk football), through to its inception in the mid-nineteenth century as a set of activities designed to i...
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| Hōputu: | Pukapuka |
| Reo: | English |
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Los Angeles ; London :
Sage Publications,
2007.
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| Rangatū: | Understanding contemporary culture.
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| Whakarāpopototanga: | "Understanding Sport Culture traces and analyzes the development of the modern field of sport from its ancient and medieval precursors (the festivals of Greece and Rome, and games such as folk football), through to its inception in the mid-nineteenth century as a set of activities designed to instill character and discipline in students in exclusive British public schools, up to its transformation into a global institution and popular spectacle. The narrative also focuses on and provides a detailed account of the gradual coming together of sport and the media. It explains how this relationship has accentuated sport's status as one of the most important sites in contemporary culture, while simultaneously threatening its existence. ; As part of the Understanding Contemporary Culture series this book is aimed at a broad range of students from undergraduate to graduate level, who want to know more and be fully informed on sport, its relationship to the media, and its cultural dynamics."--Publisher description. |
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| Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | 150 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Rārangi puna kōrero: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1412907381 9781412907385 141290739X 9781412907392 |