A Companion to Sport
- ISBN-10
- 1405191600
- ISBN-13
- 9781405191609
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 632
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-10
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- David L. Andrews, Ben Carrington
Description
A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics
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