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Making Sense of Sports.
Offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of sports that combines anthropology, biology, economics, history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology with cultural and media studies. This book includes chapters on exercise culture and the moral climate of sports support.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Back to Nature; CHAPTER 3 Built for Action; CHAPTER 4 A Very Different Animal; BURNING QUESTION #1 HOW OLD ARE SPORTS?; CHAPTER 5 The Hunt for Reasons; CHAPTER 6 In the Mind; CHAPTER 7 The Pursuit of Perfection; BURNING QUESTION #2 WHY DON'T MORE GAY ATHLETES COME OUT?; CHAPTER 8 Control of the Body; CHAPTER 9 Sports Emasculated; CHAPTER 10 Behind on Points; BURNING QUESTION #3 IS CHEATING FAIR?; CHAPTER 11 Champs and Cheats; CHAPTER 12 Not for the Fainthearted.
- CHAPTER 13 Representing the ChallengeBURNING QUESTION #4 WHY DO WE LIKE TO BET ON SPORTS?; CHAPTER 14 A Match Made in Heaven; CHAPTER 15 Planet Murdoch; CHAPTER 16 The That Conquered the World; BURNING QUESTION #5 IS BEING LEFT-HANDED AN ADVANTAGE IN SPORTS?; CHAPTER 17 Buying into Celebrity Culture; CHAPTER 18 Morals and Medals; CHAPTER 19 Same Rules, Different Game; CHAPTER 20 Things to Come; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; TITLE INDEX.