Pub Date: December 19, 2012
Dewey: 306.483095
LCCN: 2012027586
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.13 lbs) 242 pages
BISAC Categories:
Sports and Recreation | Cultural and Social Aspects | Political Science | Globalization | Social Science | Popular Culture | History | Asia | General
Description:
This volume gathers work from a wide range of disciplines - anthropology, cultural studies, geography, history, law, sociology, and post-colonial studies - to explore the paradoxical processes of emulation, resistance and transformation that are at work in the global diffusion and development of "sport" and body cultures.