| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Making sense of sports/ Ellis Cashmore. |
| Author: |
Cashmore, Ernest. |
| Published: |
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;Routledge, : 2010., |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 586p.) :ill. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
1. Introduction ; 2. Back to nature ; 3. Built for action ; 4. A very different animal -- Burning question #1. How old are sports?: 5. The hunt for reasons ; 6. In the mind ; 7. The pursuit of perfection -- Burning question #2. Why don't more gay athletes come out?: 8. Control of the body ; 9. Sports emasculated ; 10. Behind on points -- Burning question #3. Is cheating fair?: 11. Champs and cheats ; 12. Not for the fainthearted ; 13. Representing the challenge -- Burning question #4. Why do we like to bet on sports?: 14. A match made in heaven ; 15. Planet Murdoch ; 16. The [swish] that conquered the world -- Burning question #5. Is being left-handed an advantage in sports?: 17. Buying into celebrity culture ; 18. Morals and medals ; 19. Same rules, different game ; 20. Things to come ; 21. Sinking under pressure-- online chapter. |
| Subject: |
Sports - Social aspects. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203872697Click here to view |
| ISBN: |
9780203872697 (ebook) |