Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Playing Sport -- 2.Theories of Play, Games and Sport -- 3.Intimations of Sport -- 4.The Field of Sport -- 5.Global Sport -- 6.Sport, the Media and Spectatorship -- 7.From Sport to Spectacle -- 8.Contemporary Sport.
Summary:
Considering and evaluating the role of sport in our society this text explains why sport is one of the most significant and important cultural forms in contemporary life.