Playing for Change: The Continuing Struggle for Sport and Recreation

For more than forty years, scholars of the history and sociology of sport and recreation have studied how, no matter the time or place, sport is always more than just a game. In Playing for Change, leading scholars in the field of sports studies consider that legacy and forge ahead into the discipli...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Field, Russell (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto University of Toronto Press [2018]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442621978
Zusammenfassung:For more than forty years, scholars of the history and sociology of sport and recreation have studied how, no matter the time or place, sport is always more than just a game. In Playing for Change, leading scholars in the field of sports studies consider that legacy and forge ahead into the discipline’s future. Through essays grouped around the themes of international and North American sport, including the Vancouver and Sochi Olympic Games; access to physical activity in Canadian communities; and the role of activism and the public intellectual in the delivery of sport, the contributors offer a comprehensive examination of the institutional structures of sport, physical activity, and recreation. This book provides wide-ranging examples of cutting-edge research in a vibrant and growing field
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ISBN:9781442621978
DOI:10.3138/9781442621978