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Ritual And Record, Vol. 17 »
Authors: John Marshall Carter, Arnd Kruger
ISBN-13: 9780313256998, ISBN-10: 0313256993
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: September 1990
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John Marshall Carter
JOHN MARSHALL CARTER teaches at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.
ARND KRUGER is a Professor at the Institut fur Sportwissenschaften at the University of Gottigen, West Germany.
Book Synopsis
This volume expands the debate over the origins and purposes of sports records. Developing the thesis of Allen Guttmann, Carter and Kruger explore the history and meaning of quantitative sports records in several pre-modern societies. After introductions by Guttmann and the editors, the book proceeds on a chronological study of evidence of sports records in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, medieval England, the Renaissance, Tudor and Elizabethan England, pre-modern Hawaii, and pre-modern Japan. The chapters that follow are thematic essays on various aspects of sports records and Ritual and Record concludes with Guttmann's response to the preceding chapters. Useful reference notes are provided within each chapter as well as in the bibliography. This book is essential reading for students of anthropology and the history of sports.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | The Study of Medieval Sports and Recreations, 1927-1991 | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | The Societies and Their Perceptions of Sports and Recreations | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | Sports in Pre-Feudal Europe | 21 |
| Ch. 4 | Sports, Recreations, and War in Feudal Europe | 29 |
| Ch. 5 | Sports and the Public Person: Establishing a Reputation and Promoting It in the High Middle Ages | 39 |
| Ch. 6 | Sports, Recreations, and the Church in Feudal Society | 49 |
| Ch. 7 | Sports and Recreations Reflected in Art | 69 |
| Ch. 8 | Sports, Recreations, and the Social Order | 83 |
| Ch. 9 | Sports Violence in Medieval Society | 95 |
| Ch. 10 | Two Medieval Sportspeople | 123 |
| Bibliographical Essay | 137 | |
| Select Bibliography | 145 | |
| Index | 153 |
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