The Nordic World: Sport in Society - Sport in Society (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

In the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland), as elsewhere, sport has been an assertion of individual and group identity, a demonstration of modernity, a source of personal, local and regional self-esteem, a symbol of confrontation and a preparation for war.
This volume is the first major work in the English language to bring together the research and reflections of scholars who have chosen to concentrate on the cultural impact of sport - the modern opium of the masses - in a Scandinavian setting. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on Northern Europe, and the relationship between the Nordic nations and Nordic cultures, attitudes to the body and the evolution of specific Nordic visions of sport. The Nordic World shows why sport has played such an important part in both twentieth-century Nordic society and contemporary European culture.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sport in the Global Society
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	Henrik Meinander
Series editors:	J.A. Mangan • Boria Majumdar
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7146-4825-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
LSN:	0-7146-4825-6
Barcode:	9780714648255

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