Making Sense Of Sports

Author : Ellis Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134612673

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Making Sense of Sports by Ellis Cashmore Pdf

Sports are more important than ever socially, economically and culturally. As well as embodying cherished values and ideals, sports now reflect many of the worries of wider society. Drugs, racism, corruption and violence are all now major concerns and our experience of sport is increasingly subject to a gigantic industry made up of owners, players, sports goods manufacturers, television networks and corporate sponsors. In this newly expanded edition of Making Sense of Sports, Cashmore addresses all these issues as well as the more basic questions about the history of sports, its social context and possible future development. Among the new editions other themes are: * the body, how it works and why it is more cultural than natural * why women continue to be devalued and depreciated by sports * Nike, globalization and the sports industry * art and how it reflects changing conceptions of sports.

Author : Ellis Cashmore,Ernest Cashmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Sports
ISBN : UCSC:32106009716033

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Making Sense of Sport by Ellis Cashmore,Ernest Cashmore Pdf

An introductory textbook which draws on a wide range of disciplines in order to explain the field of sport. The text defines basic terms, provides a framework for studying key problem areas, and is illustrated with examples from international sport.

Author : Ellis Cashmore
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780415552202

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Making Sense of Sports by Ellis Cashmore Pdf

This book looks at sport not just as recreation, but as an integral part of contemporary culture, with connections to industry, commerce and politics. It explores the history and theories of sport, and touches on more controversial issues.

Author : Ernest Cashmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports
ISBN : OCLC:1176258539

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Making Sense of Sports by Ernest Cashmore Pdf

Author : Annelies Knoppers,Anton Anthonissen
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781841262031

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Making Sense of Diversity in Organizing Sport by Annelies Knoppers,Anton Anthonissen Pdf

This superb volume aims to incorporate cutting-edge research designed to transcend the barriers between business and sport. It explores the ways in which diversity can be suppressed by dominant forces.It focuses on the organizational consequences of making sense and assigning meanings to diversity in sporting organizations, paying particular attention to the different approaches used in Europe and America. It concludes with a discussion on their various successes and the ways in which these approaches can be combined to produced a coherent strategy for dealing with diversity in sporting organizations.

Author : Toby Miller,Geoffrey Lawrence,Jim McKay,David Rowe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761959696

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Globalization and Sport by Toby Miller,Geoffrey Lawrence,Jim McKay,David Rowe Pdf

"This book anatomizes the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar, movements of rational recreation and the development of physical education in the public sector are read as ways of disciplining and shaping urban-industrial populations." "Although the book utilizes methods and traditions from sociology, political science and communication studies, it is the first text to argue that culture is the focal point for understanding sport. Authoritative and accessible, it will be required reading for students of sport studies, sociology and cultural studies."--Jacket.

Author : Jay Coakley,Eric Dunning
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446265055

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Handbook of Sports Studies by Jay Coakley,Eric Dunning Pdf

Now available in paperback, this vital handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and Jay Coakley, author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports studies. With an international and inter-disciplinary team of contributors the Handbook of Sports Studies is comprehensive in scope, relevant in content and far-reaching in its discussion of future prospect.

Author : Thelma S. Horn
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Goal (Psychology)
ISBN : 0736057358

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Advances in Sport Psychology by Thelma S. Horn Pdf

This third edition presents a thorough review of the literature and terminilogy in key topic areas. The clear explanation of potential research directions and the list of contributors make this a must-have book for students of sport psychology.

Author : Ellis Cashmore,Ernest Cashmore
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0415253217

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Sport Psychology by Ellis Cashmore,Ernest Cashmore Pdf

Sport psychology is no longer just an academic subject, it is a discipline studied and applied by all those associated with sport, whether athletes, coaches, journalists or fans. This text concerns key topics in the field of sport psychology.

Author : Ellis Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134071166

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Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts by Ellis Cashmore Pdf

The second edition of Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers an updated and expanded A-Z guide to the vocabulary of sport and exercise psychology, to its central theories and most important avenues of research, and to its application in sports performance.

Author : Ellis Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134675814

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Sports Culture by Ellis Cashmore Pdf

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.

Author : Sara Savage
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780715146705

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Making Sense of Generation Y by Sara Savage Pdf

For Generation Y, born after 1982, relationships happen over the Internet and music marks their territory. How does this generation think about the world? What does their spirituality look like? And what implications does this have for the Church? This book addresses the need for the Church to reconnect and communicate with young people.

Author : Grant Jarvie,Joseph Maguire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134901074

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Sport and Leisure in Social Thought by Grant Jarvie,Joseph Maguire Pdf

This much needed book examines all of the major traditions of social thought to clearly show their influence in our understanding of sport and leisure.

Author : Penelope Kissoudi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317967613

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The Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929 – 1939 by Penelope Kissoudi Pdf

The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord. The Games were initiated in Athens in 1929 and increasingly became an integral part of the political, cultural and social life of the area. The common global reality is that when an athletic event is staged, attempted friendship seldom receives priority. In the 1930s, however, the Balkan Games provided a rare example of an international athletic event bringing antagonistic states together in friendship. This consideration of the significance of the Balkan Games as an instrument of political optimism provides clear evidence of the occasional positive influence of sport in politics. The work is a case-study of interest to political and social scientists and to historians of Europe and sport. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : John M. Silva,Diane E. Stevens
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106016739226

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Psychological Foundations of Sport by John M. Silva,Diane E. Stevens Pdf

Twenty-five specialists from the field of sports psychology contribute 26 chapters to this text for undergraduate students in sport psychology courses, which may also appeal to graduate students and fellow professionals in the field. The text combines information from both basic and applied sources, from sport psychology and psychology. Coverage includes the evolution of sport psychology, personality and performance, motivation and sport, emotion and sport performance, intervention and performance enhancement, group dynamics, aggression in sport, gender issues in sport, psychological aspects of coaching, and psychological aspects of youth sport. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.