Sport Literature Society

Author : Alexis Tadié,J.A. Mangan,Supriya Chaudhuri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781134920242

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Sport, Literature, Society by Alexis Tadié,J.A. Mangan,Supriya Chaudhuri Pdf

Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been little explored. Sport, Literature, Society looks at a wide variety of case studies ranging from Japan to England, from India to Australia and covers sports as diverse as cycling, football, wrestling and boxing. It concentrates on historical perspectives. The contributors are all academics of international reputation and include historians of sport and literary scholars. Literature may shape our perceptions and reactions to sport as much as sport may inform our reading. As mimetic practice, as aesthetic object, as imaginative release, sport is analogous to literature and the other arts; at the same time, it can become the subject of literary, visual or musical elaborations. Literature often conceptualises the place and role of sport in culture and society. Indeed, sport inhabits literature in ways that have not been adequately studied. Sport studies have investigated the relationships between sport and society, education, gender, nation, and class. To look again at these relationships through the prism of literature enables us to change our focus and to assess the centrality of sport in culture. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Peter Chisholm McIntosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:84269856

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Sport in Society by Peter Chisholm McIntosh Pdf

Author : Kevin Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135285067

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Sport, Violence and Society by Kevin Young Pdf

Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The book explores organized and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of ‘sports-related violence’, to include issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by players, abuse within sport and exploitatory labor practices. Offering a sophisticated new theoretical framework for understanding violence in a sporting context, and including a wide range of case-studies and empirical data – from professional soccer in Europe to ice hockey in North America – the book establishes a benchmark for the study of violence within sport and wider society. Through close examination of often contradictory trends, from anti-violence initiatives in professional sports leagues to the role of the media in encouraging hyper-aggression, the book throws new light on our understanding of the socially-embedded character of sport and its fundamental ties to history, culture, politics, social class, gender and the law.

Author : Jeffrey Hill
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039107097

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Sport and the Literary Imagination by Jeffrey Hill Pdf

The development of sport in the twentieth century has been examined from a variety of angles. Rarely, though, has the work of the creative writer been considered in detail. This book directs its attention to this neglected area, examining a selection of novels in which the subject of sport has featured prominently. It highlights the ways in which novelists in the second half of the twentieth century have approached sport, explained its place in society, and through the sporting subject constructed a critique of the historical circumstances in which their narrative is set. The study therefore seeks to complement the increasing body of work on the representation of sport through such media as film, television, and autobiography. It also brings a fresh dimension to the use made by historians of literary sources, suggesting that creative fiction can be far more valuable as historical evidence than has customarily been acknowledged.

Author : John W. Loy,Gerald S. Kenyon
Publisher : [New York] : Macmillan
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015013958239

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Sport, Culture, and Society by John W. Loy,Gerald S. Kenyon Pdf

Author : J. A. Mangan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Middle class
ISBN : 0714682292

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A Sport-loving Society by J. A. Mangan Pdf

A selection of essays exploring the role of social institutions and political, economic and technological change in shaping the sport of middle class Victorians and Edwardians.

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017114468

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History of Sport by Richard William Cox Pdf

Author : John T. Talamini,Charles Hunt Page
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0316831204

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Sport and Society by John T. Talamini,Charles Hunt Page Pdf

Author : Mari Womack
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786415793

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Sport as Symbol by Mari Womack Pdf

Upon first consideration, sport and art seem to occupy separate, even opposing, realms--sport, associated with physical prowess, and art, with the highest reaches of the human mind. But because sport is such a powerful metaphor for so many human experiences, it has found its way into artistic traditions all over the world. Part One of this book provides a basic understanding of sport as symbol. Part Two gives attention to animals as adversaries and traces the origins of sporting art back to the hunt. Part Three considers humans competing against humans in combat sports, ball games, stick-and-ball games, and racquet sports, as well as in warfare. Part Four concentrates on contesting with oneself in races and sports of grace and beauty such as gymnastics, figure skating and ice dancing. The book concludes with a discussion of the athlete's relationships to society.

Author : Douglas Booth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781134459377

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The Field by Douglas Booth Pdf

2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge. In this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and examine evidence, and present their arguments about the sporting past. Part 1 examines theories of knowledge, while Part 2 goes on to scrutinize the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history. With clear structure, examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers with an unparalleled resource to tackle issues fundamental to the future of their subject, and sets the agenda for the debate to come.

Author : Geoff Nichols
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004346291

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Volunteering in Community Sports Associations by Geoff Nichols Pdf

This review paper focuses on volunteers in community sports associations (CSAs). Such associations are a major context of sports volunteering across Europe, Canada and Australia—the countries in which a multitude of sports clubs are represented by governing bodies of sport. Their importance is not only in the large numbers of volunteers involved but also in the benefits of such associations to society.

Author : Murray G. Phillips,Douglas Booth,Carly Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000441611

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Routledge Handbook of Sport History by Murray G. Phillips,Douglas Booth,Carly Adams Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Sport History is a new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history. Global in scope, it examines the key contemporary issues in sports historiography, sheds light on previously ignored topics, and sets an intellectual agenda for the future development of the discipline. The book explores both traditional and non-traditional methodologies in sport history, and traces the interface between sport history and other fields of research, such as literature, material culture and the digital humanities. It considers the importance of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality and politics to our understanding of sport history, and focuses on innovative ways that the scholarship around these issues is challenging accepted discourses. This is the first handbook to include a full section on Indigenous sport history, a topic that has often been ignored in sport history surveys despite its powerful upstream influence on contemporary sport. The book also reflects carefully on the central importance of sport history journals in shaping the development of the discipline. This book is an essential reference for any student, researcher or scholar with an interest in sport history or the relationship between sport and society. It will also be fascinating reading for any historians looking for fresh perspectives on contemporary historiography or social and cultural history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:989043189

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Sport in Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:517962161

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Sport and Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lucie Thibault,Jean Harvey
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780776620954

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Sport Policy in Canada by Lucie Thibault,Jean Harvey Pdf

"Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society, University of Ottawa."