The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas F. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Besnier, Niko, author.

Brownell, Susan, author.

Carter, Thomas F., 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Anthropological aspects.

Sports.

Physical Description:

xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sport, anthropology, and history

Sport, colonialism, and imperialism

Sport, health, and the environment

Sport, social class, race, and ethnicity

Sport and sex, gender, and sexuality

Sport as cultural performance

Sport, nation, and nationalism

Sport in the world system

Epilogue : sport for anthropology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Besnier, Niko, author. Anthropology of sport

ISBN:

9780520289000

0520289005

9780520289017

0520289013

OCLC:

975111630