Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350140240
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9781350140226
Series Statement:
Ancients and Moderns
Content:
"The tension between antiquity and modernity is at the heart of this book: modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type of athletic performance and the ideology of sport and its apparent origins are mostly derived from the model of one pre-modern civilization: Greco-Roman Antiquity. Sport today contains a surprising contradiction: its explicit modernity (from its technological sophistication and integration into capitalist markets to its institutionalization and celebrity culture) and its supposed antiquity (from the mythology of the Olympics to the ancient roots of sporting civic and national pride, and the emotional and near religious fervour of sports fans). Juxtaposing ancient writers with recent ones, including the modern Olympic founder Pierre de Coubertin and physical fitness impresario Bernarr Macfadden, and by examining the representation of sport in Olympic films and popular sports cinema, Miller demonstrates the ancient heritage of contemporary sport, and the creative ways in which ancient sport has been adapted, appropriated, mishandled and reimagined. This book intervenes in one of the most important of the receptions of Classical Antiquity by examining how sports personalities, agencies, institutions and movements have consciously connected themselves to the Greco-Roman past, even as they continue to insist on their own centrality in the modern world."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: Which Ancient Sports? -- Chapter 1: Sport in Greek Antiquity -- Chapter 2: Sport in Roman Antiquity -- Chapter 3: The Ancient and Modern Olympics -- Chapter 4: Beauty, Strength, and Physical Culture -- Chapter 5: Arenas, Stadiums, and Gyms -- Chapter 6: Olympic Art and Cinema -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350140219
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350140202
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781350140219
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350140240
