Mixed Martial Arts and the Quest for Legitimacy (eBook)

The Sport vs. Spectacle Divide

Williams Mark S. Williams (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
201 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-3055-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Mixed martial arts or MMA is widely regarded as the fastest growing sport. Events fill stadiums around the world and draw vast television audiences, earning strong revenue through pay-per-view at a time when other sports have abandoned it. In 2016, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was bought by the massive talent agency WME-IMG for $4 billion. Despite this success, much of the public remains uneasy with the sport, which critics have denounced as "e;human cockfighting."e; Through an exploration of violence, class, gender, race and nationalism, the author finds that MMA is both an expression of the positive values of martial arts and a spectacle defined by narcissism, hate and patriarchy. The long-term success of MMA will depend on the ability of promoters and athletes to resist indulging in spectacle at the expense of sport.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.3.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-3055-0 / 1476630550
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-3055-7 / 9781476630557