Sport as symbol : images of the athlete in art, literature and song / Mari Womack.

By: Womack, MariMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2003Description: vii, 243 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0786415797 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sports in artDDC classification: 704.9/49796 LOC classification: NX650.S83 | W66 2003Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
1. Sport as symbol. Heroic dramas and athletic actors -- 2. The adversary in nature. The hunt: power of life and death -- The hunt domesticated: ritual origins of the bullfight -- 3. The human adversary. Combat sports: the socialization of conflict -- War games -- 4. The adversary within. Transcending time and space -- Metaphors of love, death, and rebirth -- 5. Symbolic actors and social dramas. High priests and super stars.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index.

1. Sport as symbol. Heroic dramas and athletic actors -- 2. The adversary in nature. The hunt: power of life and death -- The hunt domesticated: ritual origins of the bullfight -- 3. The human adversary. Combat sports: the socialization of conflict -- War games -- 4. The adversary within. Transcending time and space -- Metaphors of love, death, and rebirth -- 5. Symbolic actors and social dramas. High priests and super stars.

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