Sport in Consumer Culture

by John Horne

Book Overview

This book offers a distinctive introduction to understanding the position of sport in consumer society. Drawing on recent developments in sociological theory and research, particularly in relation to debates about culture and consumption, the book examines how sport - as both recreational practice and commercial spectacle - has become more central to the capitalist 'economies of signs and space'. Containing up-to-date research findings and identifying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333912853
• ISBN13: 9780333912850
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"