Sport in Consumer Culture

This book offers a distinctive introduction to understanding the position of sport in consumer society. Drawing on recent developments in sociological theory and research, particularly in relation to debates about culture and consumption, the book examines how sport - as both recreational practice and commercial spectacle - has become more central to the capitalist ''economies of signs and space''. Containing up-to-date research findings and identifying key issues in the study and politics of sport in consumer culture, this is essential reading for all students seeking to broaden their understanding of sport in society.>

About the author

John Horne is Professor of Sport and Sociology, with the School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors, at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.

Product details

• Authors: John Horne
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 05.12.2005
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs
• EAN: 9780333912850
• ISBN: 978-0-333-91285-0
• Pages: 216
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 24.1 x 1.6 cm
• Subjects: B; Social Sciences; Sport Sociology; Sociology of Sport and Leisure; Sports—Sociological aspects