02956nam 22006375 450 991081040230332120230223160447.01-4875-1961-31-4875-1960-510.3138/9781487519605(CKB)4100000009347342(MiAaPQ)EBC5894724(DE-B1597)539749(OCoLC)1119624058(DE-B1597)9781487519605(MdBmJHUP)musev2_108041(EXLCZ)99410000000934734220200406h20192019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe allure of sports in Western Culture /edited by John Zilcosky and Marlo A. BurksToronto :University of Toronto Press,[2019]©20191 online resource1-4875-0418-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the allure of sports / John Zilcosky -- Sports/allure / Grant Farred -- "Allure" constrained by "ethics"? How athletic events have engaged their spectators / Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht -- The fading allure of Greek athletics / Sofie Remijsen -- Wrestling, or the art of disentangling bodies / John Zilcosky -- The allure and ethics of ancient aesthetics: Hellenism in the modern Olympic movement / Charles Stocking -- Attractive or repugnant? Foot races in eighteenth-century German and Britain / Rebekka von Mallinckrodt -- A well-trained community: gymnastics for the German nation / Wolf Kittler -- Importing a German Kampfsport: the reception and practice of Japanese martial arts in interwar Germany / Sarah Panzer -- The ethics and allure of the foul in football / Annette Vowinckel -- Swimming / Karin Helmstaedt.Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.SportsSocial aspectsSportsHistoryCivilization, WesternOlympic Games.allure of sports.athleticism.history and philosophy of sport.psychology of sport.recreation and leisure.sociology of sport.spectator sports.sport and society.theory of sports.SportsSocial aspects.SportsHistory.Civilization, Western.306.483Zilcosky JohnBurks Marlo A.1986-DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910810402303321The allure of sports in Western Culture3919573UNINA