The Anthropology of Sport - Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics (Paperback)

Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Susan Brownell • Niko Besnier • Thomas F. Carter
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28901-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-520-28901-3
Barcode:	9780520289017

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