Sport : : Readings from a Sociological Perspective /

Sport : : Readings from a Sociological Perspective / / ed. by Eric Dunning.

Sport is something rather taken for granted and little studied as part of man's and society's behaviour. This collection of essays, many of which appear in print for the first time, provides an international comparative and developmental orientation to the sociology of sport, thereby clari...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Armer, J. Michael,
Arond, Henry,
Ashworth, C. E.,
Boyle, Robert H.,
Caillois, Roger,
Denney, Reuel,
Dunning, Eric,
Elias, Norbert,
Heinila, Kalevi,
Huizinga, Johann,
Luschen, Günther,
Meadow, Arnold,
Riesman, David,
Schafer, Walter E.,
Stone, Gregory P.,
Taylor, Ian,
Weinberg, S. Kirson,
Zurcher, Louis A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Dunning, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©1972
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (404 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • General Introduction. Sport as a Field of Sociological Enquiry
  • Part I. Some Concepts and Theories
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Play Element in Contemporary Sport
  • Chapter 2. The Classification of Games
  • Chapter 3. Sport as Symbolic Dialogue
  • Chapter 4. American Sports: Play and Display
  • Chapter 5. Dynamics of Sport Groups with Special Reference to Football
  • Part II. The Development of Sports and Games
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 6. The Genesis of Sport as a Sociological Problem
  • Chapter 7. Folk Football in Medieval and Early Modern Britain
  • Chapter 8. The Development of Modern Football
  • Chapter 9. Football in America: A Study in Culture Diffusion
  • Part III. (A) Sports and Socialisation
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 10. On Bullfights and Baseball: An Example of Interaction of Social Institutions
  • Chapter 11. On Scholarship and Interscholastic Athletics
  • Part III. (B) Class and Race in Sport
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 12. Social Stratification and Mobility Among Young German Sportsmen
  • Chapter 13. Negroes in Baseball
  • Part III. (C) Sport As An Occupation
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 14. The Occupational Culture of the Boxer
  • Chapter 15. Wrestling—The Great American Passion Play
  • Part III. (D) Conflict and Social Control in Sport
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 16. Notes on Inter-Group Conflicts in International Sport
  • Chapter 17. “Football Mad”: A Speculative Sociology of Football Hooliganism
  • Index

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