Gaming the world : how sports are reshaping global politics and culture /

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Professional sports have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them. This book examines the twenty-first-century phenomeno...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Markovits, Andrei S.
Otros Autores: Rensmann, Lars
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports and globalization > Europe.
Sports and globalization > United States.
Nationalism and sports > Europe.
Nationalism and sports > United States.
Sports > Political aspects > Europe.
Sports > Political aspects > United States.
Sports et mondialisation > Europe.
Sports et mondialisation > États-Unis.
Nationalisme et sports > Europe.
Nationalisme et sports > États-Unis.
Sports > Aspect politique > Europe.
Sports > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
HISTORY > Social History.
Nationalism and sports
Sports and globalization
Sports > Political aspects
Europe
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Going global : sports, politics, and identities
  • The emergence of global arenas : mapping the globalization of sports cultures between cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and localism
  • The transatlantic transfer of sports and their cultures : institutionalization and diffusion
  • A silent "feminization" of global sports cultures? women as soccer players in Europe and America
  • A counter-cosmopolitan backlash? the politics of exclusion, racism, and violence in European and American sports cultures
  • The limits of globalization : local identity and college sports' uniquely American symbiosis of academics and athletics.

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