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| ISBN: | 0203022750
9780203022757
0415142164
9780415142168
0415142172
9780415142175
9786610333561
6610333564
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-222) and index.
Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | This book argues that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. It examines how sport is acted upon by these influences and creates influences of its own. The book provides a comprehensive survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines its place in British culture. It offers a critical introduction to existing literature on the subject and places contemporary sport in the context of recent history. The author discusses issues of politics, national identity, gender, class and race and explores representations of sport in the media. Sports covered include: football, rugby, tennis and polo.
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| Other form: | Print version: Polley, Martin, 1965- Moving the goalposts. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 0415142164
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