The Making of Sporting Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780415675857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 162 str.

John E. Hughson

Opis

This text examines the centrality of baseball in the construction and contestation of Cuba's nationalist self-image during the chronic economic shortages and emergent social disparities of the current 'special period' in Cuban socialism.

Spis treści

1. The Making of Sporting Cultures: Introduction  2. Cultural History and the Study of Sport  3. The Ancient Sporting Legacy: Between Myth and Spectacle  4. Science, Culture and the Sporting Body  5. The Working Class and the Making of Sport  6. The Middle Class, Colonialism and the Making of Sport  7. On Sporting Heroes  8. The Modern City and the Making of Sport  9. Sport and History on the Ground: Documentary and the Feature Film  10. The ‘Global Triumph’ of Sport

O autorze

John E. Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Central Lancashire, England.