Sports: Why People Love Them!

by Tim Madigan, Tim Delaney SUNY Oswego

Overview

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? The popular media is increasingly dedicated to the heated rivalries of sports teams, academic institutions are held in its thrall, sports metaphors are commonplace in our language, and most individuals participate in athletics or follow a team sport in some variation. This entertaining and informative book attempts to find out why—by examining sports in all its facets. The authors provide an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises and by which it continues to thrive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761844907
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	05/16/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	246
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Tim Delaney is associate professor of sociology at State University of New York at Oswego. Tim Madigan is assistant professor of philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What is Sport?
Chapter 2 Our Love Affair with Sports throughout History
Chapter 3 Sports as a Cultural Phenomenon
Chapter 4 Sport Socialization through Popular Culture
Chapter 5 Youth Sports: Growing Up with Sports
Chapter 6 High School and College Sports: The Passion Continues
Chapter 7 Sports Fans
Chapter 9 Why We Love Sports