America''s Game(s) - A Critical Anthropology of Sport

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Eastman is a PhD candidate in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on contemporary Cuban society and politics and in particular the relationships between sports, nationalism, and the transition to post-socialism in Cuba. Sean Brown is a PhD student in sociology at Northeastern University. Michael Ralph is a PhD candidate in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on contemporary Senegal, in particular the prominence of sport in Senegalese encounters with globalization and neo-liberal reforms. Klappentext This book considers how to locate America in the sporting world and how 'American Sport' should reflect the vast networks of expertise! finance! and performance moving out from American athletic body as well as the influx of talent coming from abroad. Zusammenfassung This book considers how to locate America in the sporting world and how ‘American Sport’ should reflect the vast networks of expertise, finance, and performance moving out from American athletic body as well as the influx of talent coming from abroad. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. American Baseball Fans in Havana, Cuba 2. American Football in Europe 3. Basketball in Senegal 4. American Sport, Baseball 5. Olympism and American Sport 6. Baseball in the Dominican Republic 7. Golf in America 8. Sport and the South Asian Diaspora in America 9. Native American Sport 10. American Sports Fanaticism: A View from the Bleachers

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• Authors: Benjamin (University of Chicago Eastman, Benjamin Brown Eastman, Benjamin Ralph Eastman, Boria Majumdar
• Assisted by: Sean Brown (Editor), Sean (Northeastern University Brown (Editor), Brown Sean (Editor), Benjamin Eastman (Editor), Benjamin (University of Chicago Eastman (Editor), Eastman Benjamin (Editor), Michael Ralph (Editor), Michael (University of Chicago Ralph (Editor), Ralph Michael (Editor), Sean Brown (Editor of the series), Boria Majumdar (Editor of the series), J A Mangan (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2009
• EAN: 9780415494571
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49457-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Sport in the Global Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Cultural Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference, history of sport, Humanities