Making Sense of Sports

by Ellis Cashmore (Author)

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  2000

  $3.25

  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.

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  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  An introductory textbook which draws on a wide range of disciplines in order to explain the field of sport. The text defines basic terms, provides a framework for studying key problem areas, and is illustrated with examples from international sport.