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A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity
A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity
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The Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE, with sports-themed household objects, poetry, monuments, and mosaic floors immortalizing the exploits of athletes, gladiators, and charioteers. However, rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity swept it all away by 600 CE. The 6-volume set presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity spans the period from 800 BCE to 600 CE, encompassing the ancient world's rich sporting culture. During this time, sports permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity, with gymnasiums, public baths, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing constructed, and athletic contests proliferated. Sports-themed household objects were popular, and the exploits of individual athletes, gladiators, and charioteers were immortalized in poetry, monuments, and mosaic floors. However, by 600 CE, rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity had swept away this sporting culture. 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 include the purpose of sport, sporting time and space, products, training and technology, rules and order, conflict and accommodation, inclusion, exclusion, and segregation, minds, bodies, and identities, and representation. Paul Christesen is a Professor at Dartmouth College, USA, and Charles Stocking is an Associate Professor at Western University, Canada. Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Sport set is General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland.
Weight: 522g
Dimension: 170 x 244 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350460980
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