Tag: David Storey

Sport can be a vehicle for the expression of identity, and also a factor in the shaping of identity. In Sport, Globalisation and Identity: New Perspectives on Regions and Nations, edited by Jim O'Brien, Russell Holden, Xavier Ginesta, the complex interrelationships between nations, regions and states in the landscape of contemporary international sport, with a particular focus on identity, is explored.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life.

Johnny Wijk Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet Adrian Smith & Dilwyn Porter (red) Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World 216 sid, hft. London: Routledge 2004 Vad finns det för relationer mellan idrott och nationalism? Kan sportens värld ge nya infallsvinklar på vad som kan betecknas som nationell identitet? Dessa intressanta frågeställningar utgör huvudtemat i boken Sport and National Identity in the Post-War world, en antologi med Adrian Smith och Dilwyn Portersom...