Binding: Paperback
Description: Updated revised and enhanced with new features the fifth edition of Making Sense of Sports is the biggest and strongest yet. Ellis Cashmore's unique multidisciplinary approach to the study of sports remains the only introduction to combine anthropology biology economics history philosophy psychology and sociology with cultural and media studies to produce a distinct unbroken vision of the origins development and current state of sports. New chapters on exercise culture and the moral climate of sports support a thoroughly overhauled text that includes fresh material on Islam sports commerce and corruption. Now packed with teaching supplements including access to a dedicated online resource headquarters with video podcasts of twenty - one chapter outlines from the author (http://tinyurl. com/373oyvr) online quizzes and an additional twenty - first chapter on depression and mental health in sports and exercise the new edition contains a cornucopia of thought boxes as well as guides to further reading capsule explanations and model essays. In short Making Sense of Sports is an all - purpose introduction to the study of sports.
Title: Making Sense Of Sports
Author(s): Cashmore Ellis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415552219
Pages: 586 Pages, 8 Tables, Black And White; 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And W
Publication Date: 9/10/2010
Category: Sports & Outdoor Recreation