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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165048703321

Titolo

The rugby world in the professional era / / edited by John Nauright and Tony Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

0-367-35949-9

1-315-61987-3

1-317-21524-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Collana

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society ; ; 75

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsTony <1961->

NaurightJohn <1962->

Disciplina

796.333

Soggetti

Rugby Union football - History

Rugby Union football

Rugby Union football - Social aspects

Rugby football - History

Rugby football

Professionalism in sports

Rugby football - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Professional rugby on and off the field -- pt. II. Rugby cultures and representation in the professional era.

Sommario/riassunto

"Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events. The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the effect that professionalism has had across a number of different aspects of the game and the wider socio-cultural significance of these changes through case studies from across the globe. Drawing on contributions from scholars from across the rugby-playing world, the book explores the role of rugby's professionalisation through a number of social-scientific lenses, including: labour



migration race and indigenous populations the globalisation of the game mega-event management male sexualities media representations of rugby - from broadcasting matches to rugby in museums and on stage and screen Offering insights into under-researched areas of the sport, such as the growth of Rugby Sevens into an Olympic sport, and providing the most up-to-date recent history of the sport available, The Rugby World in the Professional Era is essential reading for anyone with an academic interest in rugby, and any student or scholar with interests in sports history, sports sociology or the economics of professional sport"--