The whole book with its thoroughly researched and argued conclusions is a mine of interesting and thought-provoking details and discussions ... [T]his scholarly volume is to be highly commended.

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A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome’s celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity almost as it does our own. Gymnasiums, public baths, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing were constructed, and athletic contests proliferated. Sports-themed household objects were very popular, whilst the exploits of individual athletes, gladiators, and charioteers were immortalized in poetry, monuments, and the mosaic floors of the wealthy. This rich sporting culture attests to the importance of leisure among the middle and upper classes of the Greco-Roman world, but by 600 CE rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity had swept it all away. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Paul Christesen is Professor at Dartmouth College, USA. Charles Stocking is Associate Professor at Western University, Canada. Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
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VOLUME 1: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN ANTIQUITY EDITED BY PAUL CHRISTESEN, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, USA, & CHARLES H. STOCKING, WESTERN UNIVERSITY, CANADA 1. The Purpose of Sport, Paul Christesen and Rose MacLean 2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Sofie Remijsen 3. Products, Training and Technology, Christian Mann 4. Rules and Order, Sarah C. Murray 5. Conflict and Accommodation, Zinon Papakonstantinou 6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Peter J. Miller 7. Bodies and Identities, Charles Stocking 8. Representation, Nigel Spivey
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Examines all aspects of sport in Antiquity
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity - The Medieval Age - The Renaissance - The Age of Enlightenment - The Age of Empire - The Modern Age The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). PRAISE FOR THE SERIES A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion “Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Fairy Tales “A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Hair “A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement A Cultural History of Law “These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.” Law & Literature A Cultural History of Peace “The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Theatre “All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Tragedy “A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.” London Review of Books A Cultural History of Western Empires “Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Work “[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.” American Reference Books Annual
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350023963
Publisert
2022-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
1000 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

Biographical note

Paul Christesen is William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College. His recent publications include A New Reading of the Damonon Stele (2019). Charles Stocking is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University. His recent publications include The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry (2017).