Players all performances in contemporary sport - Rinehart, Robert E. (Indiana University Press, 1998)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-179) and index
Sport as performance : setting the stage -- Dropping hierarchies : toward the study of a contemporary sporting avant-garde -- Sport as kitsch : a case study of The American gladiators -- Sport as avant-garde : a case study of the World Wrestling Foundation -- Sport as epiphanic marker : a case study of Super Bowl XXVI -- Sport as postmodern construction : a case study of paintball -- Sport as constructed audience : a case study of ESPN's The eXtreme games -- Sport as postmodern tourism : warp speed in Barcelona (olympism, ideology, and experience)
Keywords: Sports / Aspect sociologique; Art de performance; SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION / History; SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference; GAMES / Gambling / Sports; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports; Performance art; Sports / Sociological aspects; Sport; Amusement; Prestaties; Sociale identiteit; Geschichte; Sports -- Sociological aspects; Sportsoziologie; Performance -- Künste