| Nation Building at Play: Sport as a Tool for Social Integration in Post-Apartheid South Africa Contributor(s): Keim, Marion (Author), Kern, Marion (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841260991 ISBN-13: 9781841260990 Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: Physical activities, fitness, and sports can be considered cultural practices reflecting multiple meanings. The "Sport Culture and Society" series deals with issues intersecting sport physical activity and cultural concerns. The focus of the series is interdisciplinary, groundbreaking work that draws on different disciplines and theoretical approaches, such as sociology, philosophy, cultural anthropology, history, cultural studies, feminist studies, post-modernism, or critical theory. Dr. Keirn describes another food to a future of equality and democracy for all South Africans, a $$$ not filled with the hurt of the past, but equally important in its capacity to heal. Sport has a meaningful and powerful role to play in the social transformation of South African society and care must be taken to provide the necessary conditions for success. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa |
| Dewey: 796.01 |
| Series: Sport Culture Society |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.36" W x 8.32" (0.84 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Archbishop Desmond Tutu states that this work shows us another road to a future of equality and democracy for all South Africans, a road not filled with the hurt of our long discussions that carry us into the night, but equally important in its capacity to heal. It maintains that through properly organized sport we can learn to play together with respect and with laughter, we can learn to be all on the same team, and in the process, we can contribute to building a new South Africa that is a just nation for all. Its conclusion - and its commitment - is as clear as it is strong. Sport does have a meaningful and powerful role to play in the social transformation of South African society if care is taken to provide the necessary conditions for success. It offers us those conditions and at the conclusion some carefully thought out recommendations for providing a level playing field for all our futures. ...] |
