Culture, politics and sport : blowing the whistle, revisited / Garry Whannel.
"Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In Culture, Politics and Sport: Blowing the Whistle, Revisited, Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition, assessing their 1980s context...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Series: | Routledge critical studies in sport.
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| Summary: | "Since the 1980s sport studies has matured both as an academic discipline and as a focus for mainstream political and public policy debate. In Culture, Politics and Sport: Blowing the Whistle, Revisited, Garry Whannel revisits the themes that led his first edition, assessing their 1980s context from our new millennium perspective, and exploring their continued relevance for contemporary sports academics." "This revisited volume will appeal to undergraduate students and researchers in sports and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415417066 9780415417068 0415417074 9780415417075 |