The anthropology of sport : bodies, borders, biopolitics / Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas F. Carter.

By:

Besnier, Niko [Author]

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Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520963818

Subject(s):

Sports -- Anthropological aspects

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

GV706 .A584 2018

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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.

Subject: "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.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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.

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