Sport as story: Form and content in athletics

From the angle of the spectators of sports, what is game and a form of play to the performers is performance to the observers. It is in its character as performance that the dramatic quality of sports competitions become a type of art.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Society (New Brunswick) 2000-05, Vol.37 (4), p.63-70
1. Verfasser:	Gusfield, Joseph R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Athletes Athletics Audiences Criticism Culture Mass Media Personality Professional Sports Professionalism Radio Reductionism Scripts Social Organizations Social research Social Structure Sociological analysis Sociology Sociology of Sports Spectators Sports Television Tennis Theoretical Problems
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Zusammenfassung:	From the angle of the spectators of sports, what is game and a form of play to the performers is performance to the observers. It is in its character as performance that the dramatic quality of sports competitions become a type of art.
ISSN:	0147-2011 1936-4725
DOI:	10.1007/BF02912294