Sport as Symbol

Images of the Athlete in Art, Literature and Song

Mari Womack (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6941-3 (ISBN)

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Upon first consideration, sport and art seem to occupy separate, even opposing, realms--sport, associated with physical prowess, and art, with the highest reaches of the human mind. But because sport is such a powerful metaphor for so many human experiences, it has found its way into artistic traditions all over the world.

Part One of this book provides a basic understanding of sport as symbol. Part Two gives attention to animals as adversaries and traces the origins of sporting art back to the hunt. Part Three considers humans competing against humans in combat sports, ball games, stick-and-ball games, and racquet sports, as well as in warfare. Part Four concentrates on contesting with oneself in races and sports of grace and beauty such as gymnastics, figure skating and ice dancing. The book concludes with a discussion of the athlete's relationships to society.

A professional writer and anthropologist, the late Mari Womack lived in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part One: SPORT AS SYMBOL

1. Heroic Dramas and Athletic Actors

Part Two: THE ADVERSARY IN NATURE

2. The Hunt: Power of Life and Death

3. The Hunt Domesticated: Ritual Origins of the Bullfight

Part Three: THE HUMAN ADVERSARY

4. Combat Sports: The Socialization of Conflict

5. War Games

Part Four: THE ADVERSARY WITHIN

6. Transcending Time and Space

7. Metaphors of Love, Death, and Rebirth

Part Five: SYMBOLIC ACTORS AND SOCIAL DRAMAS

8. High Priests and Super Stars

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	52 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	0-7864-6941-2 / 0786469412
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6941-3 / 9780786469413
Zustand	Neuware