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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Markovits, Andrei S.
Other Authors: Rensmann, Lars
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports > Political aspects.
Sports and globalization.
Nationalism and sports.
HISTORY > Social History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
Sports > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Sports > Aspect politique > Europe.
Nationalisme et sports > États-Unis.
Nationalisme et sports > Europe.
Sports et mondialisation > États-Unis.
Sports et mondialisation > Europe.
Sports > Political aspects > United States.
Sports > Political aspects > Europe.
Nationalism and sports > United States.
Nationalism and sports > Europe.
Sports and globalization > United States.
Sports and globalization > Europe.
United States.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 phenomenon of global sports, in which professional teams and their players have become agents of globalization while at the same time fostering deep-seated and antagonistic local allegiances and spawning new forms of cultural conflict and prejudice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9781400834662

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