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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465232903321

Autore

Woodward Kath

Titolo

Planet sport / / Kath Woodward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-54733-3

9786613859785

1-136-64659-0

0-203-80522-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Shortcuts

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Sports - Sociological aspects

Sports and globalization

Sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.92-96) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 Hold the back page;  sport matters; 2 What counts as sport: how and why?; 3 This sporting planet: G/local sport; 4 Economies of sport; 5 Boundaries of certainty; 6 Everyday routines: the ordinary affects of sport; 7 Spectacles, spectators and the spectacular; 8 Do we live on planet sport?; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sport generates some of the most intense feelings and levels of commitment. It is big business globally, but also the source of the most powerful personal identifications and individual and collective pleasures. Sporting events are routine and embodied, whether in the gym, on the field or at the training ground, and they are also spectacular, for example in mega events at the stadium or, for followers at a distance, through the media of television, radio and the Internet. Large numbers of people are caught up in personal and collective investment and public engagement with sport. Why does i