Globalization and Sport - Playing the World (Hardcover)

Sport is the most universal feature of popular culture. It crosses language barriers and slices through national boundaries, attracting both spectators and participants, to a common lingua franca of passions, obsessions and desires. This book brings to light the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar, movements of rational recreation and the development of physical education in the public sector, are read as ways of disciplining and shaping urban-industrial populations. In addition, sport is examined as a principal front of globalization. The sports process draws together dispersed communities and generates economic wealth. The book demonstrates how commodification, bureaucratization and ideology are fundamental to the organization of sporting cultures.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Toby Miller • Geoffrey A Lawrence • Jim McKay • David Rowe
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-0-7619-5968-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General
LSN:	0-7619-5968-8
Barcode:	9780761959687

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