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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
ASIN : 1118613562
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition (December 31, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 376 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781118613566
ISBN-13 : 978-1118613566
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
