Anyone who reads the newspaper, watches television, or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. It is everywhere. It flavors our national culture and permeates every corner of our daily lives. Sport in America, as in many countries, is big business, popular culture, and potent politics. It has become its own medium of communication and has important ramifications for international and multicultural relationships. There is no topic that should be of greater interest to social science in general and anthropology in particular than the study of human sport. This volume presents the theory, history, practice, and institution of human sport.
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Analyzes sport from an anthropological perspective that includes cultural evolution, social function, and human expression.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.About the Author
KENDALL BLANCHARD is Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lamar University.
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The following description of a ball game played among native Australians is included in W.J. Perry's The Children of the Sun, published in 1923: "A game of ball-playing was a favorite pastime of the Victoria tribes, of which the Wotjubaluk, Wurunjerri, and the Kurnai will serve as examples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cultural materialism model, componential definition, sport behavior, rubber ball game, sport evolution, primitive sport, song duel, racket game, dart match, combative sports, sport institution, sport violence, direct historical approach, traditional sport, folk games, relationship between sport, archaic civilization, ecological meaning, sport sociology, understanding sport, modern sport, band society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North American, Mississippi Choctaws, Native American, Case Study, Dominican Republic, Copper Inuits, Discussion Questions, New Zealand, Olympic Games, South America, Special Projects, Ghost Dance, Human Relations Area Files, New Mexico, National Football League, New Guinea, Pentecost Island, American Anthropological Association, Chichen Itza, Flemish Folk Games File, Middle America, Professor Chandler, Professor Howell, South Pacific New!
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The following description of a ball game played among native Australians is included in W.J. Perry's The Children of the Sun, published in 1923: "A game of ball-playing was a favorite pastime of the Victoria tribes, of which the Wotjubaluk, Wurunjerri, and the Kurnai will serve as examples. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cultural materialism model, componential definition, sport behavior, rubber ball game, sport evolution, primitive sport, song duel, racket game, dart match, combative sports, sport institution, sport violence, direct historical approach, traditional sport, folk games, relationship between sport, archaic civilization, ecological meaning, sport sociology, understanding sport, modern sport, band society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North American, Mississippi Choctaws, Native American, Case Study, Dominican Republic, Copper Inuits, Discussion Questions, New Zealand, Olympic Games, South America, Special Projects, Ghost Dance, Human Relations Area Files, New Mexico, National Football League, New Guinea, Pentecost Island, American Anthropological Association, Chichen Itza, Flemish Folk Games File, Middle America, Professor Chandler, Professor Howell, South Pacific New!
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- Games of the North American Indians by Stewart Culin on 4 pages
- From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports by Allen Guttmann on page 55, page 67, and page 272
- West Point by Marcia Lippman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga on page 40, page 41, and Back Matter
- Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth (Pelican) by Derek Freeman on page 204, and Back Matter
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- Native Athletes in Sport and Society: A Reader by C. Richard King on page 18, page 19, and page 21
- Violence, Society, and the Church: A Cultural Approach by Gerald A. Arbuckle on page 42, and page 190
- Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Ellis Cashmore on page 5, and Back Matter
- Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature by Rivkah Harris in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding up More than Half the Sky (Sport in the Global Society) by Dong Jinxia in Back Matter
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