Sport in the Global Society
The Politics of South African Cricket
1st Edition
By Jon Gemmell
September 01, 2003
The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider held belief system and as such has distinctive political connotations in the region.Sport in South ...
Cricket and England: A Cultural and Social History of Cricket in England between the Wars
1st Edition
By Mr Jack Williams
August 30, 2003
Looking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values....
Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003
1st Edition
Edited
By Boria Majumdar, J A Mangan
August 01, 2003
The 2003 World Cup was of vital importance to the participating countries. For India, a world cup triumph would make cricket the nation's leading industry; for the host, South Africa, a successful campaign might realize its dream of political unity.Dealing with themes of racial/political ...
Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a New Era
1st Edition
By Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan
August 01, 2003
This is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countries worldwide, in a global context, and analyzes its progress, challenges and problems it has faced. It shows how women's football has made a ...
The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values
1st Edition
Edited
By Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare
July 01, 2003
This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and ...
Militarism, Sport, Europe: War Without Weapons
1st Edition
Edited
By J A Mangan
June 29, 2003
A collection of essays exploring the relationship between sport and war, bringing together established authors that include Peter Beck, Hans Bonde, J.A. Mangan and Gertrud Pfister, and emerging authors such as Penelope Kissoudi, Orestis Kustrin, Callum McKenzie and Roberta Vescovi....
Matters of Sport: Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning
1st Edition
Edited
By Dominic Malcolm, Ivan Waddington
May 01, 2003
Matters of Sport is a tribute to Eric Dunning, the leading sports sociologist in the English-speaking world. This book addresses Dunning's contributions to the sociological and historical study of sport, covering key topics such as hooliganism, celebrity and gender relations. A broad ...
Sport and International Relations: An Emerging Relationship
1st Edition
Edited
By ADRIAN BUDD, ROGER LEVERMORE
April 01, 2003
Sport plays a highly significant role in the lives of millions the world over, and yet the impact of this global phenomenon on the subject of international relations hes been neglected. The contributors to this collection argue that sport remains both an underestimated and understudied aspect of ...
The Commercialisation of Sport
1st Edition
Edited
By Trevor Slack
January 30, 2003
What does commercialisation mean for the future of sport?Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of businesses, while sponsors' logos appear on athletes' clothing and equipment, on the facilities in which they play, and in the titles of the events in ...
Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding up More than Half the Sky
1st Edition
By Dong Jinxia
October 30, 2002
Drawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author explores the rise of Chinese super sportswomen and their relationship with politics, culture and society before and during the Cultural Revolution and through ...
Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
1st Edition
By Marília Bueno de Araújo Ariza
October 01, 2002
Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This ...
Sport in Asian Society: Past and present
1st Edition
Edited
By Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan
September 30, 2002
Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of essays offers a lucid, original and highly readable history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region....