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Games, Sports and Cultures (Hardcover)
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An inclination to view games and sport as ephemeral, non-serious,
and inconsequential has served to discourage the distinctive
contribution that anthropology might make to the study of sport, as
well as the rich insights that a fuller appreciation of sport might
furnish to anthropology. This book brings a distinctively
anthropological approach to the deep significance of sport and
games in everyday life. Contributors examine individual and team
sports and sporting practices, from 'football' (ie, soccer) to
gymnastics, to unusual but nonetheless highly developed indigenous
games such as Amerindian archery in South America and kabaddi in
India. Sports are shown to provide a particularly revealing window
through which to examine such topics as nationalism,
transnationalism, ethnicity, class relations, the body, health,
identity, gender, schooling and child rearing. Contributors also
address contemporary concerns with narrative, practice theory,
celebrity, mass media and entertainment, tourism and the
consumption of cultural commodities.
This accessible book will be of interest to students and scholars
in anthropology, cultural studies, geography, sociology and sport
sciences, as well as to anyone seeking an international perspective
on the cultural, political, and economic salience of contemporary
sport.
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