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The allure of sports in Western Culture / / edited by John Zilcosky and Marlo A. Burks



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Titolo: The allure of sports in Western Culture / / edited by John Zilcosky and Marlo A. Burks Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 306.483
Soggetto topico: Sports - Social aspects
Sports - History
Civilization, Western
Soggetto non controllato: Olympic 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
Persona (resp. second.): ZilcoskyJohn
BurksMarlo A. <1986->
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The allure of sports in Western Culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4875-1961-3
1-4875-1960-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793612103321
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