It's how you play the game : international perspectives on the study of sport / edited by Susan Dun, Mo'tasem Kalaji and Marion Stell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dun, Susan, editor.

Kalaji, Mo'tasem, editor.

Stell, Marion, editor.

Series:

Probing the boundaries. Persons hub.

Probing the boundaries., Persons hub

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This interdisciplinary book uses insights from Anthropology, Communication, Political Economy and Sociology to illuminate the ubiquitous presence of sports in politics, identity, business and education.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Susan Dun , Mo’tasem Kalaji and Marion Stell

Soccer: A Battle for Middle Eastern and North African Dignity and Freedom / James M. Dorsey

Re-Imagining the Nation: Framing of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Two South African Weekly Newspapers / Tendai Chari

Commercial Sport and Culture Change: Lessons from ‘Respect and Responsibility’: A Primary Prevention of Violence against Women Policy Implemented in the Australian Football League / Julienne Corboz

Trickle Down Sports: International Sporting Events Hosting Changing Attitudes towards Muslim Women’s Sports Participation in Qatar / Susan Dun and Mo’tasem Kalaji

Notions of In Place/Out of Place: Staging and Performing Sense of Community and Identity, the Case of Haitians in the Dominican Republic / Nicholas Wise and John Harris

Candidate Cities and the Commonwealth Games: The Limits of Aspiration / Marion Stell

From Merton to Milton Keynes: Wimbledon Football Club Fans and the Impact of Post Team Relocation Ten Years after the End of the Crazy Gang / Daniel Potter

The Consequences of No Compromise: Funding Elite Sport in the UK / James Bostock

The ‘Big Lie’ and Intercollegiate Sports in America: Time to Tame the Monster That is Enabled by Academic Corruption / Bruce B. Svare

Why Physical Education Should Be Struck Off the Curriculum / Karl Spracklen

The Value and Importance of Positive Sport Experiences for Young Participants / Mary Sara Wells and Skye G. Arthur-Banning

Ecological Overview of Contrasting Youth Sport Practice / Márcio Domingues and Carlos Gonçalves.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-180-0

OCLC:

887248626

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848881808 DOI