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The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport
ISBN: 9780802077257 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. It gathers more spectators on a global basis than any other activity today, yet sport is widely regarded as being outside dominant political and social systems. Varda Burstyn challenges this view, showing not only that sport generates an elitist, masculinist account of power and social order, but that it is central to the constitution of political power in contemporary life. Burstyn begins by describing the emergence of sport as a masculinist secular religion by the close of the last century. Today, she argues, masculine dominance continues to be constructed and promoted by the... It gathers more spectators on a global basis than any other activity today, yet sport is widely regarded as being outside dominant political and so... |
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Inside the Olympic Industry
ISBN: 9780791447567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In a startling expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. A highly accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a must-read, behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the...
In a startling expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition t...
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140,89 zł |