A Companion to Sport (Electronic book text)

"A Companion to Sport" brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture.Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular cultureIncludes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itselfOffers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institutionExplores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics