Learning Culture Through Sports: Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442206306 ISBN 13: 9781442206304

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better understand how sport influences contemporary American society, both positively and negatively.

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Learning Culture Through Sports Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better un Full description

Review:

This book offers new and heartfelt insights into the role of sports in our lives. In these pages, you'll meet coaches, players, parents and academics who will help you rethink your relationship with the games you love, and recommit to giving your children the best sports experiences possible.--Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture

Through these essays, written by a distinguished group of contributors, students can discover how the sports they take for granted can be a window into understanding the world in which they live.--Michael Oriard, Oregon State University

The essays are solid, and they challenge the reader to think about and reflect on social constructs and their relationships with sport and society.--CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1442206306
• ISBN 13: 9781442206304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Prettyman Sandra Spickard, Lampman Brian