Sport and the English, 1918-1939
Covering the years between the two World Wars, this title focuses on the central place of sport in English life. It aims to provide insight into issues of gender, class, religion and locality, ideas of morality, and what it meant to be English during this time. It is an analysis of sport as an expre...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2006.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35528953*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The place of sport in national life
- 2. Representations of sport: the mass media
- 3. Representations of sport: celebrity, stars and heroes
- 4. Traditions and innovations
- 5. Gaining meaning from sport: sport and pleasure
- 6. Gaining meaning from sport: sportsmanship and decorum
- 7. Gaining meaning from sport: Englishness and isolationism
- 8. Class, conflict and cohesion.
