Understanding Sport
A socio-cultural analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19972864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Horne (0000-0003-4389-8204), Alan Tomlinson (0000-0001-8059-9778), Garry Whannel (0000-0001-8574-0611), Kerry Woodward (0000-0003-3292-7073) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Understanding Sport (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group (PUBLISHER) |
| OpenAlex | W574837929 |
| Open Library | OL379956M |
| ISBN | 9780203983249 |
| Language | EN |
Introduction Chapter 1. Industrial Society, Social Change and Sports Culture Chapter 2. Case Studies in the Growth of Modern Sports Chapter 3. Debates, Interpretations, Theories Chapter 4. Social Stratification and Social Division in Sport Chapter 5. The Social Construction of Identity and Cultural Reproduction Chapter 6. Sport and Representation Chapter 7. Sporting Bodies: Disciplining and Defining Normality Chapter 8. Sport, The State, and the Politics Chapter 9. Governance and Sport Chapter 10. The Labour Market Chapter 11. Sport, Commercialisation and Commodification Chapter 12. Global Transformations Chapter 13. Sport Spaces, Sites and Events Afterword - Methods for Understanding Sport Culture
Commodification · Corporate governance · Cultural reproduction · Economics · Economy · Management · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Gender Studies · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Great britain · Recreation · Social aspects · Sports
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |