Sport in the African World - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 081538064X ISBN 13 : 9780815380641

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Sport has been a component of African cultural life for several hundred years. In today's globalised world, Africans and Africa have become a vital part of the international sporting landscape. This is the first book to attempt to survey the full historical, contemporary and geographical breadth of that landscape.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Nauright is Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation at the University of North Texas, USA. Until May 2016 he was Professor of Sport and Leisure Management at the University of Brighton, UK. He is the author and editor of many books including the award-winning Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity, the Routledge Companion to Sports History and Sport around the World: History, Culture and Practice

Mahfoud Amara is currently the Director of Sport Science Program at the College of Arts and Sciences Qatar University, Assistant Professor in Sport Management and Policy. He has a number of publications on the topic of sport, business, politics and society in the Arab region. His other research interests is sport and social inclusion and cultural diversity. In 2012 he published a book with Palgrave Macmillan on Sport Politics and Society in the Arab World. He is co-editor with Alberto Testa of Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities (Routledge, 2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081538064X
• ISBN 13: 9780815380641
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Éditeur: Nauright John, Amara Mahfoud
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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