Making Sense of SportsPsychology Press, 2005 - 520 sider Ellis Cashmore's unique, multidisciplinary introduction to sport studies is completely revised, updated and enhanced to reflect the changing character of contemporary sport. Among the questions addressed in this new fourth edition, Cashmore discusses: * cyborgization - will the human body be re-designed to meet athletic needs just as cosmetic surgery has enabled the re-design of bodies to suit aesthetic preferences? Already established as a standard text, Cashmore's challenging approach to the study of sport is now updated to include new chapters on 'The Mind of the Athlete' (a probe into the psychological qualities and processes that separate winners from also-rans), and 'The Rise And Rise Of Celebrities' (investigating the rise of celebrity culture and its effect on the status of athletes). Original and revealing, this updated edition continues to provide a comprehensive investigation into the changing character of sport, and is essential reading for undergraduates of sociology and sports studies. |
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Innhold
why competition excites us | 1 |
how evolution culture and our genes shape us | 13 |
what the human body is made of and how it works | 31 |
how history turned huntergatherers into champions | 53 |
how old are sports? | 85 |
how theories help us understand sports | 89 |
what makes winners win and losers lose | 115 |
why women had to break rules to get into sports | 143 |
how art has influenced our appreciation of sports | 295 |
why television and sports are inseparable | 319 |
why do we like to bet on sports? | 346 |
how Rupert Murdoch became the most powerful man in sports | 351 |
why Nike was a key player in the globalization of sports | 373 |
how athletes jumped onto the Alist | 397 |
is being lefthanded an advantage in sports? | 423 |
why politics has always been a factor in international sports | 427 |
why dont more gay athletes come out? | 173 |
how science sex and cyborgs affect sports | 177 |
why black athletes are symbols of failure | 205 |
why attempts to eliminate drugs might prove futile | 227 |
do cheats epitomize todays sports better than fair players? | 263 |
where violence in sports comes from | 267 |
what an ultrahuman future might bring | 449 |
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