The Anthropology of Sport
：Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
Publication subTitle ：Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
Author： Besnier Niko; Brownell Susan; Carter Thomas F.
Publisher： University Of California Press
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9780520963818
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780520289000
Subject： C91 Sociology
Keyword： 社会学
Language： ENG
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Description
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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