Sport in Consumer Culture by Horne, John

Sport in Consumer Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333912850)

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Format: Hardcover
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Sport in Consumer Culture by Horne, John

Sport in Consumer Culture

$175.00
Sport in Consumer Culture by Horne, John

Sport in Consumer Culture

$175.00
Format: Hardcover
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This text offers a distinctive introduction to sport in contemporary society, drawing on recent developments in sociological theory and research, particularly in relation to debates about culture and consumption. The book argues that sport can be seen as central to the "economies of signs and space" of late modernity in which a concern with the body as an object of contemplation and improvement, and not just an instrument for getting things done, increasingly informs images in the mass media, politics and everyday life.

Author: John Horne
ISBN-10: 0333912853
ISBN-13: 9780333912850
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2005
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2006 pg. 334
By John Horne
By John Horne
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JOHN HORNE teaches in the Scottish Centre for P.E., Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. Previous books include Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (co-edited, Routledge, 1987), Work and Unemployment (Longman, 1988) and Understanding Sport (co-authored, Spon, 1999).
JOHN HORNE teaches in the Scottish Centre for P.E., Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. Previous books include Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (co-edited, Routledge, 1987), Work and Unemployment (Longman, 1988) and Understanding Sport (co-authored, Spon, 1999).

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