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Gruneau, Richard

 
9780736000338: Class, Sports, and Social Development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 073600033X ISBN 13 : 9780736000338
Editeur : Human Kinetics, 1999

Synopsis

Examines the role of play, games, and sport in the social world and argues that they have an effect on, and are an integral part of, social development, championing a critical approach to the study of sport and society. First published in 1983 by The University of Massachusetts Press, this work sig

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Gruneau, PhD, is Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, where he teaches in the areas of mass media and popular culture, cultural studies, and the political economy of communication. He received a PhD in sociology from the University of Massachusetts.

Professor Gruneau is the coauthor of The Missing News: Filters and Blindspots in Canada's News Media. He is also the coauthor, with David Whitson, of Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities, and Cultural Politics. In addition, he has edited or coedited four other books and is the author of more than forty book chapters, scholarly articles, and research papers.

Professor Gruneau has been principal researcher, coresearcher, or consultant to several nationally funded research projects in Canada. These studies include examining and exposing neglected issues in the Canadian news media, a study of television sports production in Canada, and government sport policy in Canada. He is also the originator and academic editor of a recent book series entitled Culture and Communication in Canada.

The author currently serves on the editorial boards of three scholarly journals: Body and Society, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, and The Canadian Journal of Communication.

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Éditeur
Human Kinetics
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
073600033X
ISBN 13 
9780736000338
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780870233876: Class, Sports and Social Development

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0870233874 ISBN 13 :  9780870233876
Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 1983
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