Game plan : a social history of sport in Alberta / Karen L. Wall.
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| Language: | English |
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Edmonton :
University of Alberta Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 534 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Sports as cultural identity
- From Indigenous games to cities of champions : a basic chronology
- Fencing the fields : organizing principles and social order
- "The West has made fairly good headway" : core summer team sports
- "Love and hometown glory" : core winter team sports
- Sport and the single athlete : mavericks, knights, and knickerbockers
- "A vain shadow" : fitness, discipline, and social control
- "Red-blooded sports" and "masculine facsimiles" : gender and sexuality
- A "great slaughter on the field" : aggression, risk, and high performance
- "The rain upon our senses" : sport, the mass media, and marketing
- Getting on the map : sport raises the rafters.