Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication, Paperback by Brummett, Ba...-image

Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication, Paperback by Brummett, Ba...

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Number of Pages: 312 Pages Item Width: 6.1 in height: 0.8 in Type: Textbook ISBN: 9780415711913 Item Height: 0.8 in Author: Andrew Ishak Publisher: Routledge Book Title: Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication width: 6.1 in Publication Year: 2013 Series: New Agendas in Communication Ser. Subject: Communication Studies, Sports Psychology, General, Social Psychology Item Weight: 16 Oz Publication Name: Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication Format: Trade Paperback Language: English Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology Item Length: 9 in

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Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication, Paperback by Brummett, Ba.... Sports and Identity : New Agendas in Communication, Paperback by Brummett, Barry (EDT); Ishak, Andrew W. (EDT), ISBN 0415711916, ISBN-13 9780415711913, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This volume of essays examines the ways in which sports have become a means for the communication of social identity in the United States. The essays included here explore the question, How is identity engaged in the performance and spectatorship of sports? Defining sports as the whole range of mediated professional sports, and considering actual participation in sports, the chapters herein address a varied range of ways in which sports as a cultural entity becomes a site for the creation and management of symbolic components of identity.Originating in the New Agendas in Communication symposium sponsored by the University of Texas College of Communication, this volume provides contemporary explorations of sports and identity, highlighting the perspectives of up-and-coming scholars and researchers. It has much to offer readers in communication, sociology of sport, human kinetics, and related areas.

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