Gaming the world : how sports are reshaping global politics and culture / Andrei S. Markovits & Lars Rensmann.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Markovits, Andrei S.
Other Authors:	Rensmann, Lars
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.
Subjects:	Sports and globalization > Europe. Sports and globalization > United States. Nationalism and sports > Europe. Nationalism and sports > United States. Sports > Political aspects > Europe. Sports > Political aspects > United States.

Table of Contents:

Going global : sports, politics, and identities
The emergence of global arenas : mapping the globalization of sports cultures between cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and localism
The transatlantic transfer of sports and their cultures : institutionalization and diffusion
A silent "feminization" of global sports cultures? women as soccer players in Europe and America
A counter-cosmopolitan backlash? the politics of exclusion, racism, and violence in European and American sports cultures
The limits of globalization : local identity and college sports' uniquely American symbiosis of academics and athletics.

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