The essence of sport / Verner Møller & John Nauright (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Møller, Verner.

Nauright, John, 1962-

Series:

Sports, body and health ; vol. 7.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Odense : University Press of Southern Denmark ; Portland : International Specialized Book Services, [2003]

Summary:

Problems within modern sports are proliferating. Fraud, drug taking and other health damaging consequences of high performance sports have revealed that the idea of sport as a healthy and educational enterprise is nothing but an illusion. Nevertheless sports attract huge crowds. That the public does not turn its back on modern sports despite the evils involved is something of a mystery which indicates that the lure of sports is much different from what is normally thought. A discussion of the attraction of sports is imperative for an up-to-date understanding of modern sport. The authors in "The Essence of Sport" bring a wide range of international perspectives and approaches to this common theme and provide valuable insights into contemporary sport.

Contents:

Chapter 1 What is Sport: Outline to a Redefinition / Verner Moller 11

Chapter 2 Nostalgia, Culture and Modern Sport / John Nauright 35

Chapter 3 Three Dimensions of Playing the Game: About Mouth Pull, Tug-of-War and Sportization / Henning Eichberg 51

Chapter 4 A Geographical Theory of Sport / John Bale 81

Chapter 5 Scandalous Sport: Finland as a Case Study / Niels Kayser Nielsen 93

Chapter 6 "A Pharmacy on Wheels": Doping and Community Cohesion Among Professional Cyclists Following the Tour de France Scandal of 1998 / John Hoberman 107

Chapter 7 Ideal Types and Historical Variation / Allen Guttmann 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

8778387647

OCLC:

52852645