The Sport and Society Reader: Perspectives on Sport and Society

by David Karen (Editor), David Karen (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $56.38

  Although everyone loves to watch a fair, evenly matched sports contest, there is no such thing as 'pure sport'. This title presents a collection of articles that demonstrate the ways that the sports we love to watch and the teams we love to root for are embedded in important social structures and processes that undermine sports' 'purity'.