| The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics Contributor(s): Besnier, Niko (Author), Brownell, Susan (Author), Carter, Thomas F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520289013 ISBN-13: 9780520289017 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Sports & Recreation | Reference |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| LCCN: 2017023360 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or China's parks, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or Fiji's rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances. Sport is a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by 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. |