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Sportcult
By Randy Martin (editor) and Toby Miller (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of Minnesota Pr
Publication date March 1, 1999
Pages 294
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780816631834
ISBN-10 0816631832
Dimensions 1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Original list price $59.95
Other format details university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Although sport is pervasive in our society, its significance as a cultural phenomenon remains largely misunderstood, and its singular ability to entertain, inspire, and unite is frequently taken for granted. Sporting metaphors abound in politics and business, and communities, from neighborhoods to nations, see in sport the embodiment of their values. So what do the popularity and ubiquity of sport tell us about the world? How do sport's stories of victory and defeat reflect the society that narrates them? This volume offers a variety of perspectives on the cultural politics of sport.

Looking at such diverse examples of sport culture as aerobics, bodybuilding, Mexican pro-wrestling, golf-course design, the basketball documentary Hoop Dreams, women sportscasters, sports-related trademarks, martial arts in Tanzanian youth culture, and cricket in Sri Lanka and post-apartheid South Africa, SportCult deftly explores sport as a cultural frame of reference for such critical issues as national identity, the idea of the body, global capitalism, and the politics of representation.

Contributors: Rosemary J. Coombe, U of Toronto; Grant Farred, Williams College; Qadri Ismail, U of Minnesota; May Joseph, New York U; Bradley S. Klein, Clark U; Heather Levi; Jim McKay, U of Queensland, Australia; Gitanjali Maharaj; Michael R. Real, San Diego State U; Bruce Robbins, Rutgers U; David Rowe, U of Newcastle, Australia; Amanda Smith, Australian Broadcasting Corp; Jon Stratton, Curtin U of Technology, Australia.

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from Univ of Minnesota Pr (March 1, 1999)
9780816631834 | details & prices | 294 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $59.95
About: Although sport is pervasive in our society, its significance as a cultural phenomenon remains largely misunderstood, and its singular ability to entertain, inspire, and unite is frequently taken for granted.
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With Martin Randy (other contributor) | from Univ of Minnesota Pr (March 1, 1999)
9780816631841 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Although sport is pervasive in our society, its significance as a cultural phenomenon remains largely misunderstood, and its singular ability to entertain, inspire, and unite is frequently taken for granted.

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