The Anthropology of Sport

Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics

Nonfiction, Sports, Reference, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Thomas F. Carter, Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell ISBN: 9780520963818
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: December 8, 2017
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Thomas F. Carter, Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell
ISBN: 9780520963818
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: December 8, 2017
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil’s stadiums or China’s parks, on Cuba’s baseball diamonds or Fiji’s rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances. Sport is a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality.

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Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil’s stadiums or China’s parks, on Cuba’s baseball diamonds or Fiji’s rugby fields, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances. Sport is a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality.

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