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Making Sense of Sports

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Routledge, May 5, 2005 - Sports & Recreation - 520 pages

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?
* nature or nurture - have advances in genetic science solved the age-old question of whether great athletes are born or made, and how does this affect our understanding of competition?
* masculinities - does masculine power still dominate and, if not, what does this reveal about men in sports?

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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naturals
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built for action
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animal origins
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how old are sports?
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in the mind
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why dont more gay athletes come out?
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behind on points
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do cheats epitomize todays sports better than fair players?
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representing the challenge
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a match made in heaven
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why do we like to bet on sports?
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the 4 that conquered the world
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buying into celebrity culture
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is being lefthanded an advantage in sports?
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tomorrows game
449

champs and cheats
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About the author (2005)

Ellis Cashmore is Professor of Media and Sport at the School of Health, University of Staffordshire, UK.

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TitleMaking Sense of Sports
AuthorErnest Cashmore
Edition4, illustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherRoutledge, 2005
ISBN0415348544, 9780415348546
Length520 pages
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Social Science / Popular Culture
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Sports & Recreation / General
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