Sport, Culture and the Media (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780335210763
Subjects: Cultural studies; Media Studies; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Social Science; Sociology; Mass Media - General; Performing Arts / Mass Media; Anthropology - Cultural
First sentence: Such prescriptions of what ought to be called a sport are often contested but at both official and unofficial levels dispute is not so much over whether a game contest has to be physical in order to count as sport, as over the physical status of the activity that claims to be a sport.