Screen LibrarySports, virtues and vices：morality plays
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 236 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415194082 0415194083 9780415194099 (pbk.) 0415194091 (pbk.) 9780203090107 (electronic file) 0203090101 (electronic file) |
| Index Number: | G803 |
| CLC: | G803 |
| Call Number: | G803/M169 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index. Ancient rituals and modern morality plays -- What is this thing called sport? -- Sports, persons and sportspersonship -- Sports as practices -- Sport and ethical development -- Codes of conduct and trustworthy coaches -- Racism, racist acts and courageous role models -- Hubris, humility and humiliation -- Schadenfreude : envy, justice and self-esteem -- Suffering in and for sport -- Doping : slippery slopes, pleonexia and shame -- Whose Prometheus? : transhumanism, biotechnology and the moral topography of sports medicine. |