The Nordic World: Sport in Society
This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic culture, Nordic nations, changing Nordic attitudes to time, space and the body and the related evolution of specific Nordic visions and traditions of sport as an integral component of cultural similarity and synthesis.
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The Nordic World: Sport in Society
This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic culture, Nordic nations, changing Nordic attitudes to time, space and the body and the related evolution of specific Nordic visions and traditions of sport as an integral component of cultural similarity and synthesis.
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The Nordic World: Sport in Society

The Nordic World: Sport in Society

by Henrik Meinander (Editor)
The Nordic World: Sport in Society

The Nordic World: Sport in Society

by Henrik Meinander (Editor)

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Overview

This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic culture, Nordic nations, changing Nordic attitudes to time, space and the body and the related evolution of specific Nordic visions and traditions of sport as an integral component of cultural similarity and synthesis.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780714643915
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/01/1998
Series: Sport in the Global Society
Edition description: ANN
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Meinander, Henrik; Mangan, J.A.

Table of Contents

Culture, Sport & Society

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