Descrição
Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of ‘fair play’, sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender.
Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity. – CONTENTS.: Introduction; Chapter 1 On Problems of the Emotions in Sport and Leisure; Chapter 2 Sport in the Western Civilizing Process; Chapter 3 Sport in Space and Time; Chapter 4 The Development of Soccer as a World Game; Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Sports Consumption; Chapter 6 Soccer Hooliganism as a World Social Problem; Chapter 7 Sports Crowd Violence in North America; Chapter 8 Sport in the Process of Racial Stratification; Chapter 9 Sport, Gender and Civilization; Conclusion;
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- Capa comum : 281 paginas
- ISBN-10 : 0415093783
- ISBN-13 : 9780415093781
- Obs.: Livro sem uso, com paginas amareladas e um pouco sujas pelo tempo – capa, contracapa, bordas e paginas integras. sem marcas, grifos, marcações ou qualquer tipo de detalhe que possa interferir na leitura ou pesquisa – Conteudo perfeito
