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The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas F. Carter.
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Besnier, Niko
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English
Published/Created
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
©2018
Description
xi, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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GV706.2 .B48 2018
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Sports
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Anthropological aspects
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Brownell, Susan
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Carter, Thomas F., 1967-
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Summary note
"Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes 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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.
Contents
Sport, anthropology, and history
Sport, colonialism, and imperialism
Sport, health, and the environment
Sport, social class, race, and ethnicity
Sport and sex, gender, and sexuality
Sport as cultural performance
Sport, nation, and nationalism
Sport in the world system
Epilogue : sport for anthropology.
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ISBN
9780520289000 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0520289005 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780520289017 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0520289013 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2017023360
OCLC
975111630
Other standard number
99975431242
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