Sporting Dystopias: The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
Sporting Dystopias: The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
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Book Description
"Challenges the unexamined belief that sports stadiums, events, and teams in cities are always beneficial to the comunities."
From the Back Cover
"Reaching beyond the popular celebration of commercial gains often associated with the proliferation of stadiums, events, and teams in the city, Sporting Dystopias explores the role of sport in the process of community building. Scholars from various fields, including anthropology, cultural studies, history, marketing, media studies, and sociology, examine the cultural, economic, and political interplay of sport and the city. The book systematically challenges the overwhelming claims of sport's benefit to the city as it scrutinizes the various tensions inherent in the relationship. Grounded in economic means, racial and ethnic affiliation, and the contestation for space, sport is seen as precipitating a broad range of human challenges."
Sporting Dystopias: The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
Sporting Dystopias: The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations),Ralph C. Wilcox,David L. Andrews,Robert Pitter,Richard L. Irwin,State University of New York Press,0791456692,City and town life,General,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Social aspects,Sociology - Urban,Sociology Of Sports,Sports,Sports & Recreation,Urban Sociology
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