Game plan : a social history of sport in Alberta /

Patterns and layers of sport history emerge as almost-forgotten stories of Alberta's marginalized populations surface.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wall, Karen L. (Karen Linda), 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2012.
Edición:First electronic edition, 2012.
Temas:
Sports > Social aspects > Alberta > History.
Sports > Alberta > History.
Sports > Aspect social > Alberta > Histoire.
Sports > Alberta > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Sports.
Sports > Social aspects.
Alberta.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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