Making Sense of Sport by Ernest Cashmore
Sport is not necessarily a pastime or pure recreation. It is an integral part of contemporary culture with connections with industry, commerce and politics. This new expanded edition of Making Sense of Sports includes all you need to know on the history and theories of sports and on more controversial issues. How black sports performers are made Why women are devalued by sports Drug use and attempts to contain it Commercialism and sports Why sports and television are inseparable Violence and the legal battleground Making Sense of Sports is a comprehensive introduction to the study of sports which combines perspectives from the spectrum of natural and social sciences to produce a scholarly yet provocative analysis of one of the most important elements of today's culture.Professor of Culture, Media, and Sport at Staffordshire University, Ellis Cashmore Beckham (Polity, 2002), Martin Scorsese's America (Polity, 2009), Making Sense of Sports (5th edition, Routledge, 2010), and Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts (2nd edition, Routledge, 2008) are among his most recent books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415133074 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415133076 |
| Title | Making Sense of Sport |
| Author | Ernest Cashmore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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