Sport and the social significance of pleasure. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell.
• Authors: Pringle, Richard, 1964-; Rinehart, Robert E, 1951-; Caudwell, Jayne
• Contents: 1. Proem : sport and the social significance of pleasure / Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell -- 2. Pleasures small and large / Robert E. Rinehart -- 3. A short history of pleasure / Richard Pringle -- 4. Theorizing sporting pleasures across the disciplines / Richard Pringle -- 5. Studying sport, feminism and pleasure / Jayne Caudwell -- 6. Aging bod(ies) and pleasure : poetic orientations / Robert E. Rinehart -- 7. Running for pleasures / Jayne Caudwell -- 8. When the pleasurable is political : an affective analysis of viewing the Olympics / Richard Pringle -- 9. 'I just love watching football' / Jayne Caudwell -- 10. Aesthetic pleasure and sport : the case of love + guts : skateboarding killed the art show / Robert E. Rinehart -- 11. Anhedonia and alternative sports / Robert E. Rinehart -- 12. Be happy, play sport? : governing happiness via the promotion of sport / Richard Pringle.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.4/83; Sports -- Sociological aspects; Pleasure; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Pleasure; Sports -- Sociological aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317516576; 1317516575; 9781315719634; 1315719630
• Related ISBNs: 9780415885102; 0415885108
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.