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Author_Kendall Blanchard
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Geography and World Cultures: Culture
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- ISBN 9780897893305
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Anyone who reads the newspaper, watches television, or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. It is everywhere. It flavors our national culture and permeates every corner of our daily lives. Sport in America, as in many countries, is big business, popular culture, and potent politics. It has become its own medium of communication and has important ramifications for international and multicultural relationships. There is no topic that should be of greater interest to social science in general and anthropology in particular than the study of human sport. This volume presents theory, history, practice, and institution of human sport.
KENDALL BLANCHARD is Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lamar University. He is the author of six books, including The Mississippi Choctaws at Play: The Serious Side of Leisure (1981).
