Playing fields : power, practice, and passion in sport

Name/Title

Playing fields : power, practice, and passion in sport

Entry/Object ID

2023.027.004

Description

"Reflections of a group of international scholars on how games, sports, and motor practices interact with global-local processes, inequality, gender relations, identity, representation, performance, and emotion through varied modes of analysis, approaches, and styles. Sport here is treated with disciplinary eclecticism featuring sociology, anthropology, history, philosophy, and motor praxeology. The book is structured around three main themes: power, practice, and passion."--Page 4 of cover 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Book Details

Editor

Vaczi, Mariann

Place Published

City

Reno

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

2013

Publication Language

English

Call No.

GV706.5 .P53 2013