The Making of Sporting Cultures
Author:   John Hughson (University of Central Lancashire, UK) ,  Mark Dyreson ,  Boria Majumdar ,  J. A. Mangan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415468367


Pages:   146
Publication Date:   23 November 2009
Format:   Hardback
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The Making of Sporting Cultures


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The Making of Sporting Cultures develops a cultural historical approach to the study of sport, allowing for an appreciation of how sporting cultures are actively made by people as social agents and how sports become located within the 'common culture' of different nations across time.

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Author:   John Hughson (University of Central Lancashire, UK) ,  Mark Dyreson ,  Boria Majumdar ,  J. A. Mangan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780415468367


ISBN 10:   0415468361
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   23 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The Making of Sporting Cultures: Introduction 2. Cultural History and the Study of Sport 3. The Ancient Sporting Legacy: Between Myth and Spectacle 4. Science, Culture and the Sporting Body 5. The Working Class and the Making of Sport 6. The Middle Class, Colonialism and the Making of Sport 7. On Sporting Heroes 8. The Modern City and the Making of Sport 9. Sport and History on the Ground: Documentary and the Feature Film 10. The ‘Global Triumph’ of Sport

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Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Central Lancashire, England

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