| Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kyle, Donald G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1118613562 ISBN-13: 9781118613566 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.093 |
| LCCN: 2014024694 |
| Series: Ancient Cultures |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 7.15" W x 9.68" (1.39 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. - Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks - Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment - Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response - Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures |