Kendall Blanchard

The Anthropology of Sport (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Anyone who reads the newspaper, watches television, or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. It is everywhere. It flavors our national culture and permeates every corner of our daily lives. Sport in America, as in many countries, is big business, popular culture, and potent politics. It has become its own medium of communication and has important ramifications for international and multicultural relationships. There is no topic that should be of greater interest to social science in general and anthropology in particular than the study of human sport. This volume presents theory, history, practice, and institution of human sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1995
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389764
• Artikelnr.: 37830662

Autorenporträt

KENDALL BLANCHARD is Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lamar University. He is the author of six books, including The Mississippi Choctaws at Play: The Serious Side of Leisure (1981).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Brian Sutton-Smith Preface Sport and Anthropology The Meaning
of Sport: A Cultural Approach Anthropology of Sport: Theory and Method
Prehistory and Early History of Sport Sport in Culture: An Evolutionary
Perspective. I: Band Society Sport in Culture: An Evolutionary Perspective.
II: Supraband Society Applications Epilogue References Index