Sport And Spectacle In The Ancient World: 6 (Ancient Cultures) - Softcover

Kyle, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118613562 ISBN 13: 9781118613566

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

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Páginas:376Géneros:12:HBLA:Ancienthistory:toc500CE12:WSBX:HistoryofsportSinopsis:

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Críticas:

?This is without a doubt the single best overview of ancient sport. Donald Kyle delivers a clear, lively, and detailed account that reflects his unmatched erudition and insight.?- Paul Christesen, Department of Classics, Dartmouth College "Kyle furnishes a sophisticated and lucid account of sport and spectacle as important cultural phenomena in antiquity. Especially insightful is his treatment of both Greek and Roman sport as spectacle. Most welcome too are the relevant parallels and significant differences he observes between ancient and modern athletics." - Hugh Lee, Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park ?An excellent, wide-ranging survey of ancient sport. No other introductory volume combines the study of Greek and Roman sport and spectacle so effectively. This second edition adds a wealth of new material to the original version.? - Jason Koenig, School of Classics, University of St Andrews

Reseña del editor:

The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. - Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks - Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment - Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response - Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118613562
• ISBN 13: 9781118613566
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376