Sport And Spectacle in the Ancient World - Rilegato

Kyle, Donald G.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0631229701 ISBN 13: 9780631229704

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2006

Riassunto

This is a readable, up-to-date, illustrated introduction to the history of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into the Roman Empire.

• Covers athletics, combat sports, chariot racing, beast fights and gladiators.


• Traces the precursors of Greek and Roman sports and spectacles in the Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean.


• Investigates the origins, nature and meaning of sport, covering issues of violence, professionalism, class, gender and eroticism.


• Challenges the notion that Greek sport and Roman spectacle were polar opposites.


• Approaches sport and spectacle as overlapping and compatible features of civilized states and empires.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

There are many plums in this rich and well–illustrated pudding of a book. . . Do not hesitate to put in your thumb.
Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Education Supplement

Donald Kyle has given us both a broad overview and a richly detailed examination of ancient sport. It is a mature work, the result of a lifetime of research into the subject, and an extremely important addition to it. This book brings us the current status of our knowledge and will have lasting importance.
Stephen G. Miller, University of California, Berkeley

L'autore:

Donald G. Kyle is Professor and Chair of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. An award-winning teacher, he has been honoured by the University as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He has publishedAthletics in Ancient Athens (Revised Edition, 1993) and Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (1998) and co-editedEssays on Sport History and Sport Mythology (1990). He has appeared in History Channel shows on gladiators (1996) and crime in Rome (2005) and PBS and History Channel shows on the Ancient Olympics (2004).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0631229701
• ISBN 13: 9780631229704
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 403