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Gaming the world : how sports are reshaping global politics and culture / Andrei S. Markovits & Lars Rensmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.Description: xi, 345 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780691137513 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 069113751X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 706.35 M346g 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000106391

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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