Game plan : a social history of sport in Alberta / / Karen L. Wall

• Autore: Wall Karen L (Karen Linda), <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Edmonton, Alberta : , : The University of Alberta Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (553 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306.483097123
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Social aspects - Alberta - History; Sports - Alberta - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Recreation; Sports History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Sports as cultural identity -- From Indigenous games to cities of champions : a basic chronology -- Fencing the fields : organizing principles and social order -- "The West has made fairly good headway" : core summer team sports -- "Love and hometown glory" : core winter team sports -- Sport and the single athlete : mavericks, knights, and knickerbockers -- "A vain shadow" : fitness, discipline, and social control -- "Red-blooded sports" and "masculine facsimiles" : gender and sexuality -- A "great slaughter on the field" : aggression, risk, and high performance -- "The rain upon our senses" : sport, the mass media, and marketing -- Getting on the map : sport raises the rafters.
• Sommario/riassunto: How deep is the importance and influence of organized sports in Alberta? Discover key episodes and players in the history of Alberta's organized sports and read how sport shaped the lives of individuals as well as of communities of indigenous people, settlers, and immigrants. Read new perspectives on well-known sports stories along with tales of lesser-known games that remained on the margins of most histories for reasons of race, class, and gender. Whether a spectator, supporter, scholar, or fan, readers will be informed and delighted by the research contained in this sport history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Game plan
• ISBN: 0-88864-780-8; 0-88864-657-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910148603403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II