Culture, Politics and Sport - Blowing the Whistle, Revisited

Zusatztext 'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …for 20 years his writing has set a high standard…and it remains an inspiration to many' - Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University, USA Informationen zum Autor Garry Whannel is Professor of Media Cultures and Director of the Centre for International Media Analysis at the University of Bedfordshire. Klappentext This book on politics and sport, contains critical analyses of the commercialisation of sport, and also includes a complete reprint of the author's classic 1983 study Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport. Zusammenfassung This book on politics and sport, contains critical analyses of the commercialisation of sport, and also includes a complete reprint of the author’s classic 1983 study Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: The Politics of Sport 1. Introduction 2. The Complete Original Text of Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport 3. Profiting by the Presence of Ideals: Sponsorship and Olympism 4. Sport and Popular Culture: The Temporary Triumph of Process over Product Part 2: Sport, Cultural Politics and Political Culture since 1983 5. Pleasures, Commodities and Spaces 6. Nations, Identities, Celebrities and Bodies 7. Globalisation: The Global and the Local 8. Back to Politics

Product details

• Authors: Garry Whannel, Garry (University of Bedfordshire Whannel, Whannel Garry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2008
• EAN: 9780415417068
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41706-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Politics & government, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Politics and government