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| Authors: |
Varda Burstyn |
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Social Science · Sports & Recreation |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr (June 01, 1999)
Measurements: 9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.3 lbs.
ISBN: 9780802077257 |
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It gathers more spectators on a global basis than any other activity today, yet sport is widely regarded as being outside dominant political and social systems. Varda Burstyn challenges this view, showing not only that sport generates an elitist, masculinist account of power and social order, but that it is central to the constitution of political power in contemporary life. Combining some of the best insights of feminist theory with the perspectives of history, political science, economics, psychology, sociology, and cultural criticism, this book brings together an impressive mix of theoretical perspectives. Too rarely made a subject for serious scholarship, sport takes on a significant new dimension in this penetrating study. |
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