Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East

by Tamir Sorek

Sport in the Middle East has become a major issue in global affairs. The contributors to this timely volume discuss the intersection of political and cultural processes related to sport in the region. Eleven chapters trace the historical institutionalization of sport and the role it has played in negotiating "Western" culture. Sport is found to be a contested terrain where struggles are being fought over the inclusion of women, over competing definitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190065214
• ISBN13: 9780190065218
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"