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Sport and Leisure Cultures
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Sport and Leisure Cultures Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Alan Tomlinson


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On the soccer field and the basketball court, in the football stadium and the baseball park, far more is played out than a game of athletic skill. In this collection of essays, the influential sports theorist Alan Tomlinson delves into the phenomenon of contemporary sport and reveals much about its impact on local, national, and global culture. This far-reaching book includes essays ranging from an in-depth examination of sport culture in one working-class English community to a theoretical discussion of how national identity is often linked to sport. Through ethnographic techniques, Tomlinson uses sport and leisure to explore issues of identity, globalization, American cultural hegemony, and the media. Whether analyzing the legacy of the World Cup or the Olympics; urban games or suburban leisure; historical traditions or modern spaces in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia - his essays show how sport and leisure cultures contribute to the dynamics of power in societies.

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  • Title Sport and Leisure Cultures
  • Author Alan Tomlinson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press
  • Date 2005-05
  • ISBN 9780816633821 / 0816633827
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.08 x 0.82 in (23.72 x 15.44 x 2.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sports - Sociological aspects, Sports and globalization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004026828
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.48

About the author

Alan Tomlinson is professor of leisure studies at the University of Brighton, UK, where he heads the Chelsea School Research Centre and its Sport and Leisure Cultures research group.
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