Markovits, Andrei S.

Gaming the world : how sports are reshaping global politics and culture / Andrei S. Markovits & Lars Rensmann. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010. - xi, 345 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Going global : sports, politics, and identities -- The emergence of global arenas : mapping the globalization of sports cultures between cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and localism -- The transatlantic transfer of sports and their cultures : institutionalization and diffusion -- A silent "feminization" of global sports cultures? women as soccer players in Europe and America -- A counter-cosmopolitan backlash? the politics of exclusion, racism, and violence in European and American sports cultures -- The limits of globalization : local identity and college sports' uniquely American symbiosis of academics and athletics.

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Sports and globalization--Europe.
Sports and globalization--United States.
Nationalism and sports--Europe.
Nationalism and sports--United States.
Sports--Political aspects--Europe.
Sports--Political aspects--United States.
Nacionalismo y deportes--Europa.
Deportes--Aspectos polĂ­ticos--Europa.
Nacionalismo y deportes--Estados Unidos.
Deportes--Aspectos polĂ­ticos--Estados Unidos.

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