A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and transportation innovations, declining racism, diplomacy, political ideologies, feminization, democratization, as well as increasing professionalization and commercialization. Sport has now become both a global cultural force and one of the deepest ways in which individual nations express their myths, beliefs, values, traditions and realities.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.
Steven A. Riess is Professor Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.
Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
Author(s): Steven A. Riess
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 281
City: London
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
SERIES PREFACE
Introduction: One Hundred Years of Sport in Modern Society, 1920–2020
THE SPORTING WORLD, 1920–45
SPECTATOR SPORT
BRITISH SPORT AND IMPERIALISM
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
SPORT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
SPORT SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR
OLYMPIC DIPLOMACY
SOCCER IN THE POSTWAR ERA
SPECTATOR SPORT IN THE USA
BIG-TIME AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT
SPORT AND GENDER
THE UNDERSIDE OF SPORT
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport
DOES SPORT HAVE A PURPOSE? AN OBJECTION
THE INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTER OF SPORT
THE INTERNAL PURPOSE OF SPORT
THE EXTERNAL PURPOSE(S) OF SPORT
THE HYBRID INTERNAL PURPOSE(S) OF SPORT
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time and Sporting Space
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPORT STADIUMS
SPORTING SPACE IN AN ERA OF NATIONALISM AND GLOBAL CONFLICT
RISE OF POSTWAR SPORTS VENUES
IMPACT OF MODERN MEDIA AND CONSUMERISM
HIDDEN COSTS OF MODERN STADIUMS
SPORTING TIME IN THE GLOBALIZING TWENTIETH CENTURY
REIMAGINING SPORTING SPACE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology
INTRODUCTION
SPECTATOR PRODUCTS
PLAYER PRODUCTS
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS
ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATIONS
DARK PRODUCTS
GLOBALIZATION
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order
THE CONSTITUTIVE RULES OF SPORTS
AMATEURISM
ALLOWING WOMEN ON THE FIELD
OPENING GAMES TO NON-WHITES
TEACHING CULTURAL VALUES
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation
POLITICS AND PROTEST
RELIGION, GAMBLING, AND VIOLENCE
BOXING AND BLOOD SPORTS
PLAYING AND WATCHING
SPORTING RIVALS, SPORTING FRIENDS
SPORT, UNITY, AND COOPERATION
CHAPTER SIX Inclusion, Exclusion, and Segregation
EXCLUSION: SPORT AS AN AGENT OF SEGREGATION
“SEPARATE GAMES”: SPORT AS AN AVENUE OF RESISTANCE
BARRIER-BREAKING ATHLETES AS SYMBOLS OF CHANGE
DESEGREGATION AND INCLUSION IN SPORT
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities
INTRODUCTION: WAR BODIES, SPORTING BODIES
IDENTITIES
INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS
NATIONAL AND LOCAL ALLEGIANCES
MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES
MINDS AND EMOTIONS
ATHLETES AND MORALITY
FAITH
SEXUALIZED BODIES, HEALTHY BODIES, BROKEN BODIES
CHAPTER EIGHT Representation
SPORTING FICTION
FILM AND SPORT
MUSIC AND SPORTS
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
