Name: The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics
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Author: Susan Brownell; Niko Besnier; Thomas F. Carter
ISBN: 9780520289000

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Physical Book

Publisher

University Of California Press

Author

Susan Brownell; Niko Besnier; Thomas F. Carter

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780520289000

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics"

Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes 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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