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The Nordic World: Sport in Society

Edited by Henrik Meinander

Series Editor: J A Mangan, Boria Majumdar

Published March 1st 1998 by Routledge – 200 pages

Series: Sport in the Global Society

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    This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic culture, Nordic nations, changing Nordic attitudes to time, space and the body and the related evolution of specific Nordic visions and traditions of sport as an integral component of cultural similarity and synthesis.

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    Culture, Sport & Society

    "This book is essential, not only for the Nordic world, but for other world"s.

    Name: The Nordic World: Sport in Society (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: Edited by Henrik MeinanderSeries Editor: J A Mangan, Boria Majumdar. This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic...
    Categories: Historical Sociology, European History, Social & Cultural History, Sociology of Sport, Sports History