Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859731988 ISBN 13 : 9781859731987

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

As the 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States clearly demonstrated, football is the quintessential global game. One of the world's most popular arenas for the expression of conflict and emotion, it is virtually unparalleled as a site for cultural analysis. Players, officials, supporters and commentators all have key roles in a social drama incorporating the deeply symbolic and ritualistic. A powerful vehicle for ideals of masculinity, football also offers penetrating insights into the iconography of the body; manifestations of rivalry and conflict; discourses of knowledge; expressions of communitas and geo-social belonging; the celebration and denigration of the Other; and the inversion of power hierarchies through carnival.In bringing these themes together, this accessible and absorbing book by leading scholars of sport and leisure reveals football's differing meanings across cultures. It will be of interest to students and scholars in cultural studies, anthropology, sports sciences and, more simply, to anyone with a passion for this global game.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gary Armstrong Lecturer,Department of Sport Science, Brunel University Richard Giulianotti University of Aberdeen

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859731988
• ISBN 13: 9781859731987
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Armstrong Gary, Giulianotti Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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