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Making sense of sport / Ellis Cashmore.

By: Cashmore, Ellis.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1996Edition: 2nd ed.Description: viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415133068 (v) (hbk); 0415133076 (m) (pbk).Subject(s): Sports -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 306.483
Contents:
Introduction -- Naturals: The role of evolution -- Built for action: Structure and functions of the human body -- Animal spirits: a history of sports -- The great debates I: Is fox-hunting a sport? -- The hunt for reasons: Theories of sports -- Behind on points: How black sports performers are made -- The great debates II: Which is the toughest sport? -- The second sex: why women are devalued by sports -- Champs or cheats?: Drug use and attempts to contain it -- The Great debates III: Should boxing be banned? -- Strictly business: Commercialism and sports -- A match made in heaven: why sports and television are inseparable -- The great debates IV: Does television have too much influence? -- Not for the faint-hearted: Violence and the legal battleground -- Same rules, different game: How sports have been used as political footballs -- Things to come: The future of sports.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.483 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00071341
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 306.483 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00071340
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This new expanded edition of a classic introductory text includes all you need to know on the history and theories of sports and on more controversial issues such as race, drugs, gender, and genetic modification in sport.

Previous ed.: 1990.

Bibliography: (pages 279-285) and indexes.

Introduction -- Naturals: The role of evolution -- Built for action: Structure and functions of the human body -- Animal spirits: a history of sports -- The great debates I: Is fox-hunting a sport? -- The hunt for reasons: Theories of sports -- Behind on points: How black sports performers are made -- The great debates II: Which is the toughest sport? -- The second sex: why women are devalued by sports -- Champs or cheats?: Drug use and attempts to contain it -- The Great debates III: Should boxing be banned? -- Strictly business: Commercialism and sports -- A match made in heaven: why sports and television are inseparable -- The great debates IV: Does television have too much influence? -- Not for the faint-hearted: Violence and the legal battleground -- Same rules, different game: How sports have been used as political footballs -- Things to come: The future of sports.

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