Sport Culture and Society

出版者:Routledge

作者:Jarvie, Grant

页数:432

出版时间:2006-3

价格:$ 76.78

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780415306478

图书标签:societycultureand

This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking an international perspective, "Sport, Culture and Society" provides students with the insight they need to think critically about the nature of sport, and includes: a clear and comprehensive structure unrivalled coverage of the history, culture, media, sociology, politics and anthropology of sport coverage of core topics and emerging areas extensive original research and new case study material. The book offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers, including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, and guides to further reading. "Sport, Culture and Society" represents both an important course resource for students of sport and also sets a new agenda for the social scientific study of sport.