Making Sense of Sports
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-13306-7 (ISBN)
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This new expanded edition of a classic introductory text includes all you need to know on the history and theories of sports and on more controversial issues such as race, drugs, gender, and genetic modification in sport.
1. Introduction: Why does competition excite us? 2. Naturals: How do evolution, culture and our genes shape us? 3. Built for Action: What is the human body made of and how does it work? 4. Animal origins:Where does the urge to compete come from? 5. The Hunt for Reasons: How do theories of sport help us understand sports? 6. In the Mind: What makes winners win and losers lose? 7. Behind on Points: Why must black athletes be symbols of failure? 8. Building Bodies: How do science, sex and cyborgs affect sports? 9. Sports Emasculated: Why did it take Women so long to Destroy the Myth of Frailty? 10. Champs and Cheats: Are attempts to eliminate drugs doomed to failure? 11. Not for the Fainthearted: Is violence endemic in sports? 12. Images of the Challenge: How has art represented sports for 4,000 years? 13. A Match made in Heaven: Why are television and sports inseparable? 14. At the Business End: How did Rupert Murdoch become the most powerful man in sports? 15. The 'swoosh' that conquered the world: Was Nike the key player in the globalization of sports? 16. The Rise and Rise of Celebrity Culture: How did Athletes Jump onto the A-list? 17. Same Rules, Different Game: Why has politics always been a factor in international sports? 18. Come Tomorrow: What is the future of sports? Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.5.1996 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-13306-8 / 0415133068 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-13306-7 / 9780415133067 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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