The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Die Anthropologie des Sports : Körper, Grenzen, Biopolitik
Autor:Besnier, Niko; Brownell, Susan E.; Carter, Thomas F.
Veröffentlicht:Oakland (Cal.): University of California Press (Verlag), 2017, 336 S., Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Monografie
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online)
Sprache:Englisch
ISBN:9780520289017
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201801000860
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Abstract des Verlegers

Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil’s stadiums or China’s parks, on Cuba’s baseball diamonds or Fiji’s rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances. Sport is a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by 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.