Making Sense of Sport

by Ellis Cashmore (Author)

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  1996

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  Sport is not necessarily a pastime or pure recreation. It is an integral part of contemporary culture with connections with industry, commerce and politics. This new expanded edition of Making Sense of Sports includes all you need to know on the history and theories of sports and on more controversial issues. How black sports performers are made Why women are devalued by sports Drug use and attempts to contain it Commercialism and sports Why sports and television are inseparable Violence and the legal battleground Making Sense of Sports is a comprehensive introduction to the study of sports which combines perspectives from the spectrum of natural and social sciences to produce a scholarly yet provocative analysis of one of the most important elements of today's culture.

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  Paperback
  2000

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  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, its social context and possible future development. Among the new editions other themes are: the body, how it works and why it is more cultural than natural why women continue to be devalued and depreciated by sports Nike, globalization and the sports industry art and how it reflects changing conceptions of sports. This lively and entertaining textbook will be an indispensable guide for undergraduates in sports studies.