Sport and Leisure Cultures: 6.00 (Sport & Culture) - Hardcover

Tomlinson, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816633827 ISBN 13: 9780816633821

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2005

Synopsis

On the soccer field and the basketball court, in the football stadium and the baseball park, far more is played out than a game of athletic skill. In this collection of essays, the influential sports theorist Alan Tomlinson delves into the phenomenon of contemporary sport and reveals much about its impact on local, national, and global culture. This far-reaching book includes essays ranging from an in-depth examination of sport culture in one working-class English community to a theoretical discussion of how national identity is often linked to sport. Through ethnographic techniques, Tomlinson uses sport and leisure to explore issues of identity, globalization, American cultural hegemony, and the media. Whether analyzing the legacy of the World Cup or the Olympics; urban games or suburban leisure; historical traditions or modern spaces in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia - his essays show how sport and leisure cultures contribute to the dynamics of power in societies.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Tomlinson is professor of leisure studies at the University of Brighton, UK, where he heads the Chelsea School Research Centre and its Sport and Leisure Cultures research group.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0816633827
• ISBN 13: 9780816633821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320