Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation
- ISBN-10
- 1134870140
- ISBN-13
- 9781134870141
- Series
- Sport Matters
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-03
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Eric Dunning
Description
1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity.
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