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Title Sport and leisure in the civilizing process : critique and counter-critique / edited by Eric Dunning and Chris Rojek.

Imprint Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1992.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.483 Sp67    ---  Available
Description xix, 289 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : sociological approaches to the study of sport and leisure / E. Dunning and C. Rojek -- The field of play in sport and leisure studies / C. Rojek -- Drugs, sport and ideologies / I. Waddington and P. Murphy -- Cleaning up the game : perspectives on the evolution of professional sports / J. Wilson -- Towards a sociological theory of sport and the emotions : a process-sociological perspective / J. Maguire -- sports and civilization : is violence the central problem? / R. Stokvis -- Chariot races, tournaments and the civilizing process / A. Guttmann -- Sex, gender and the body in sport and leisure : has there been a civilizing process? / J. Hargreaves -- Sport, power and dependency in southern Africa / G. Jarvie -- Figuring a brighter future / A. Clarke -- Figurational sociology and the sociology of sport : some concluding remarks / E. Dunning. Introduction : sociological approaches to the study of sport and leisure / Eric Dunning, Chris Rojek -- The field of play in sport and leisure studies / Chris Rojek -- Drugs, sport and ideologies / Ivan Waddington, Patrick Murphy -- Cleaning up the game : perspectives on the evolution of professional sports / John Wilson -- Towards a sociological theory of sport and the emotions : a process-sociological perspective / Joe Maguire -- Sports and civilization : is violence the central problem? / Ruud Stokvis -- Chariot races, tournaments and the civilizing process / Allen Guttmann -- Sex, gender and the body in sport and leisure : has there been a civilizing process? / Jennifer Hargreaves -- Sport, power and dependency in southern Africa / Grant Jarvie -- Figuring a brighter future / Alan Clarke -- Figurational sociology and the sociology of sport : some concluding remarks / Eric Dunning.
Subject Sports -- Sociological aspects.
Leisure -- Sociological aspects.
Added Author Dunning, Eric.
Rojek, Chris.
ISBN 0802076793 (pbk.) :
0802028047

 
    
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