Opis: Globalization and Sport - R Giulianotti

Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. * Features major critical interventions by some of the world's leading sociologists and anthropologists on the subject of sport * Contributors include George Ritzer, David Andrews, Frank Lechner, William Kelly, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Barry Smart, Paul James, Chris Rumford and Gary Armstrong * Provides a mixture of original theories and fresh research material, examining sport in a diversity of settings, including Europe, the Americas, Australasia, Africa and Asia * Essential reading for anyone interested in globalization processes or sport "The most intriguing parts of the book are where historical details of specific sports-cricket, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, speed skating, baseball-are offered as evidence for the essayists' arguments on how the local interacts with outside forces, whether protecting, mimicking or influencing." (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, May 2009)1. Sport and Globalization: Transnational Dimensions: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 2. Not Playing Around: Global Capitalism, Modern Sport and Consumer Culture: Barry Smart. 3. The Grobal in the Sporting Glocal: David L. Andrews and George Ritzer. 4. Steps to an Ecology of Transnational Sports: Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 5. Recovering the Social: Globalization, Football and Transnationalism: Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson. 6. Is Baseball a Global Sport? America's 'National Pastime' as Global Field and International Sport: William W. Kelly. 7. More Than a Game: Globalization and the Post-Westernization of World Cricket: Chris Rumford. 8. Imagined Communities in the Global Game: Soccer and the Development of Dutch National Identity: Frank J. Lechner. 9. The Global Footballer and the Local War-Zone: George Weah and Transnational Networks in Liberia, West Africa: Gary Armstrong

Szczegóły: Globalization and Sport - R Giulianotti

Tytuł: Globalization and Sport
Autor: R Giulianotti
Producent: Blackwell Science
ISBN: 9781405162692
Rok produkcji: 2007
Ilość stron: 152
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.27 kg

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