The role of sports in the formation of personal identities : studies in community loyalties /

This is a collection of essays examining the role of sports in shaping personal and national identity. Studies ranging from skateboarding as resistance to conformity, cricket and the imagined community of Yorkshire, gender identity and rock climbing, and violence in soccer, among others are offered...

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Other Authors: Hughson, John, 1958-, Palmer, Clive, Skillen, Fiona
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:CONNECT