Globalization and Sport
Playing the World
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Product details:
- Edition number First Edition
- Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd
- Date of Publication 19 March 2001
- ISBN 9780761959687
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages168 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Globalization and Sport argues that although sport is 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 public sector physical education, are read as ways of disciplining and shaping urban-industrial populations.
MoreLong description:
Sport is the most universal feature of popular culture. It crosses language barriers and slices through national boundaries, attracting both spectators and participants, to a common lingua franca of passions, obsessions and desires.
This book brings to light 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. In addition, sport is examined as a principal front of globalization. The sports process draws together dispersed communities and generates economic wealth. The book demonstrates how commodification, bureaucratization and ideology are fundamental to the organization of sporting cultures.
"...Globalization and Sport is soundly researched and well-written. I found this book as gripping as a best-selling novel. I would recommend this book as essential reading for both undergraduates and postgraduates as well as for researchers in sociology of sport."
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Why This Book?
The `G-Word' Meets the `S-Word'
National Symbolism and the Global Exchange of Sporting Bodies
Sports Media s<i>ans Fronti[gr]eres
Citizens of the World
The Governance of Sport
Conclusion
Global Sport and Cultural Labour
