{"product_id":"a-companion-to-sport-9781405191609","title":"A Companion to Sport","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Sport\u003c\/i\u003e brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePositions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David L. Andrews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405191609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Physical Cultural Studies in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author of Sport-Commerce-Culture: Essays on \u003ci\u003eSport in Late Capitalist America\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSports Coaching Research: Context, Consequences, and Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (with A. Bush, M. Silk, and H. Lauder, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Carrington \u003c\/b\u003eteaches sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA and is a Carnegie Research Fellow at Leeds Metropolitan University in England. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eRace, Sport and Politics: The Sporting Black Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44308003979379,"sku":"9781405191609","price":95.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4060ce56-e235-4607-aca1-cf3f375abec0.jpg?v=1771074518","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-companion-to-sport-9781405191609","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}