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Barbaric sport : a global plague

Title
Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by John Howe.
Author
Perelman, Marc
Publication
London ; New York : Verso, 2012.

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Book/textUse in library JFD 12-5873Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
x, 134 p.; 20 cm.
Uniform Title
Sport barbare. English
Alternative Title
Sport barbare.
Subject
  • Sports and state
  • Sports > Sociological aspects
  • Sports > Corrupt practices
  • Sports and globalization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134).
Language (note)
  • Translated from French.
Contents
The real nature of the Olympic Games: Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980, the football World Cup, Argentina 1978 -- Beijing 2008: the games of shame -- The Olympic charter -- Competitive sport: globalized sports-spectacle and national fetish -- Sport: as old as the world? -- Origin and development of the theses on the critique of sport -- The stadium: consolidation of the masses -- Sport, culture and youth -- The sporting champion: addiction and drugs -- The globalization of sport through doping -- The globalization of sport and the sporting mode of production -- The show stadium -- The power of images -- A standardized aesthetic -- Sexuality, homosexuality and sport -- The religion of sport -- The critique of sport as it was -- The arrival of sport as an academic discipline -- The future of the critique of sport.
Call Number
JFD 12-5873
ISBN
  • 9781844678594
  • 1844678598
  • 9781844679133
  • 1844679136
LCCN
2012003763
OCLC
767564373
Author
Perelman, Marc.
Title
Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by John Howe.
Imprint
London ; New York : Verso, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134).
Language
Translated from French.
Research Call Number
JFD 12-5873
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