A companion to sport / edited by David L. Andrews and Ben Carrington. [electronic resource] Andrews, David L. Carrington, Ben, 1972- Sports Anthropological aspects. Sports Sociological aspects. GV706.2 306.483 Edition statement from running title area. Environmental Discourses and Promotional Culture: Examples from the Global Forum for Sports and the Environment. Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed October 8, 2013). A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular cultureIncludes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itselfOffers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution. 2013 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 613 pages). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118325261 eng Wiley Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies ; 15 Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 15. Companion to sport. Companion to sport.