Sports

Why People Love Them!

Tim Delaney, Tim Madigan (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2009
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-4496-9 (ISBN)

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Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why—by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises.

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? The popular media is increasingly dedicated to the heated rivalries of sports teams, academic institutions are held in its thrall, sports metaphors are commonplace in our language, and most individuals participate in athletics or follow a team sport in some variation. This entertaining and informative book attempts to find out why—by examining sports in all its facets. The authors provide an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises and by which it continues to thrive.

Tim Delaney is associate professor of sociology at State University of New York at Oswego. Tim Madigan is assistant professor of philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

Chapter 1 What is Sport?
Chapter 2 Our Love Affair with Sports throughout History
Chapter 3 Sports as a Cultural Phenomenon
Chapter 4 Sport Socialization through Popular Culture
Chapter 5 Youth Sports: Growing Up with Sports
Chapter 6 High School and College Sports: The Passion Continues
Chapter 7 Sports Fans
Chapter 9 Why We Love Sports

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.2009
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 242 mm
Gewicht	574 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-7618-4496-1 / 0761844961
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-4496-9 / 9780761844969
Zustand	Neuware