Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World - Donald Kyle G.
| Автор: | Donald Kyle G. |
| Издательство: | John Wiley & Sons Limited |
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| Жанр произведения: | Историческая литература |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781118615676 |
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