Planet sport / / Kath Woodward

• Autore: Woodward Kath
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/83
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Sociological aspects; Sports and globalization; Sports
• Classificazione: SPO066000SOC026000SPO000000
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Planet sport
• ISBN: 1-136-64658-2; 1-283-54733-3; 9786613859785; 1-136-64659-0; 0-203-80522-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791921203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Shortcuts (Routledge (Firm))