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Resultaten voor 'allen guttmann'
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Sports Spectators
Allen Guttmann is Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. His previous books with Columbia University Press include From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports and The Games Must Go On: Avery Brundage and the Olympic Movement, which was named the U.S. Olympic Committee's "Olympic Book of the Year" for 1984.
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Games and Empires
Modern Sports and Cultural ImperialismAn exploration of the ways in which modern sports have spread from their Western roots to all corners of the globe. Could this be another form of cultural imperialism?
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From Ritual to Record
The Nature of Modern SportsOriginally published in 1978, this book was one of the first to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies. In this reissue, Guttmann emphasizes the many ways that modern sports, dramatically different from the sports of previous eras, have profoundly shaped contemporary life.
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The Olympics at the Millennium
Power, Politics, and the GamesExploring the cultural politics of the Olympic Games, these essays investigate such topics as the emergence of women athletes as cultural commodities, the orchestrated spectacles of the opening and closing ceremonies, and the Gay Games. Unforgettable events and decisions are also discussed.
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Women's Sports
A HistoryThis study traces the development of women's sports from antiquity to the present day, focusing on the role of women's athletics in a cultural and social context. It investigates various contemporary issues, such as sexual exploitation and the feasibility of competition between men and women.
€ 41,50