A Companion to Sport

Book Overview

A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405191600
• ISBN13: 9781405191609
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.9" x 9.8"