Globalization and Sport: Playing the World

by Toby Miller, Jim McKay, David Rowe, et al.

Book Overview

Sport is the most universal feature of popular culture. It crosses language barriers and slices through national boundaries, attracting both spectators and participants, to a common lingua franca of passions, obsessions and desires. This book brings to light the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761959696
• ISBN13: 9780761959694
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"