Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

Donald G. Kyle. Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Donald G. Kyle. Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
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The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. • Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks • Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other’s entertainment • Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response • Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
  • Категория: история Древнего мира
  • Правообладатель: John Wiley & Sons Limited
  • Возрастное ограничение: 0+
  • ISBN: 9781118615676
  • Легальная стоимость: 5248.30 руб.

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