One Game at a Time: How to Mix Sports and Politics (And Why it Matters so Much)

Description: One Game at a Time by Matt Hern For the love of sports! An unabashed intellectual explores the contemporary fascination with sports and their cultural and political importance. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description We need to take sports seriously as arenas of immense power, with a mass appeal. Yet intellectuals have long since abandoned the sporting world. Why? What do we gain by handing over the persuasive power of sports to the worst elements of our culture, by allowing sports to become plagued by hyper-consumption, militarism, violence, sexism and homophobia? According to Matt Hern, not a whole lot. In a series of narratives, Hern makes an impassioned and entertaining plea for a more active engagement with sports, both physically and intellectually. Author Biography Matt Hern is a radical urbanist and deschooling advocate who lives and works in East Vancouver, where he founded the Purple Thistle Centre and Car-Free Vancouver Day. He holds a PhD in Urban Studies and lectures as Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. His books and articles have been published on all six continents and translated into ten languages, the most recent of which, Common Ground in a Liquid City (AK Press), was shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award. A former sportswriter and talk radio host, Hern continues to obsessively watch sports and participate as much as his body will allow. More information is available at Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD, by TK CHAPTER ONE Theyre running the score up on us: Sports as a field of radical possibilities CHAPTER TWO A rough beast slouching: Authenticity, the real, im/materiality and physicality CHAPTER THREE Chipping away at a big lead: Bodies of work, gender and sexuality CHAPTER FOUR Leaving the field under our own power: Violence, collisions and everyday life CHAPTER FIVE Getting our game faces on: In/difference, racialized conversations in play CHAPTER SIX Levelling the playing field: Meritocracies, class, competition and solidarity CHAPTER SEVEN Blowing the game wide open: Art, creativity, narrative, belonging, community Competing Titles Welcome to the Terrordome Dave Zirin 9781931859417 16.00 Haymarket Books June 2007 How Soccer Explains the World Franklin Foer 9780061978050 14.99 Harper Perennial May 2010 Soccer in Sun and Shadow Eduardo Galeano 9781859844236 18.00 Verso April 2003 Description for Sales People Smart, informed writing about sports - both what they are and what they could be. Combines two usually distinct genres for a broad and challenging appeal. Left-wing sports fans are often overlooked by both sport writers and left-wing political writers. Sociological approach will appeal to fans and non-fans alike, while avoiding jargon in favour of a casual tone. Details ISBN1849351368 Author Matt Hern Short Title 1 GAME AT A TIME Publisher AK Press Language English ISBN-10 1849351368 ISBN-13 9781849351362 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-05-06 DEWEY 306.483 Imprint AK Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2014-05-06 NZ Release Date 2014-05-06 UK Release Date 2014-05-06 Pages 136 Subtitle How to Mix Sports and Politics (And Why it Matters so Much) Edited by Matt Hern Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137868593;

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