Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide

By Ellis Cashmore

Book Overview

We live in a culture in which sports play an important role. The growth in broadcasting, merchandising, iconography and the commercialization of sports has led to an increasing interest in the emerging field of sports culture.
This book examines individual issues, people, artefacts, events and organizations in their historical, social and cultural contexts. Coverage is wide-ranging with more than 170 entries including:
aggression
Bosman Case
corruption
drugs
eating disorders
Fever Pitch
Field of Dreams
Michael Jordan
Don King
left-handedness
nationalism
paternity
racism
Raging Bull
rivalries
tobacco
The book also includes suggestions for further reading to help with further study, and a comprehensive index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415285550
• ISBN13: 9780415285551
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

One of the best introductory books on sports sociology

When you try to read this book for the first time it looks like a sports dictionary. But when you get closer you see that this book covers a large part of sports culture and it gives to the reader a lot of information on the most serious critiques that have been written for sports. Inside you will find texts covering the "Protestant ethic" of sports, analysis of terms such as "videated" and articles on drugs and the IOC and also the very important works of Norbert Ellias (among others) in summary.