Representing Sport

by Rod Brookes

Overview

Drawing on a wide range of international examples, this book shows that sport has historically played a major role in the construction of cultural and social identities and discusses the extent to which globalization has transformed this role.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340740521
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/30/2002
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Rod Brookes is at University of Wales, Cardiff.

Table of Contents

Mediating sport

Editorial Reviews

"We have been waiting for a compelling intervention into media coverage of sports to use in teaching for many years. In a generous-spirited but critical, truly trans-Atlantic study, Rod Brookes has delivered."—Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy, New York University

From the Publisher

We have been waiting for a compelling intervention into media coverage of sports to use in teaching for many years. In a generous-spirited but critical, truly trans-Atlantic study.

Toby Miller