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Author Dyck, Noel, author.

Title Fields of play : an ethnography of children's sports / Noel Dyck.

Publication Info. North York, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Teaching culture : UTP ethnographies for the classroom
Teaching culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Encountering the fields of play -- "What kids really need": the systematizing of sport in Canada -- Becoming sport parents -- Organizing and coaching community sports -- Becoming athletes and players -- Pulling together and apart in community sports -- Sporting dreams -- How the game is played.
Summary Bridging anthropology, sport studies, and childhood studies, Fields of Play offers a rich understanding of an area that has, to date, garnered relatively little attention by social scientists.
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Subject Sports for children -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Sports for children -- Social aspects.
Canada.
Sports for children.
Community life -- Canada.
Community life.
Ethnology -- Canada.
Ethnology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dyck, Noel. Fields of play 9781442600799 (DLC) 2012462940 (OCoLC)808924362
ISBN 9781442686588 (electronic)
1442686588
9781442604179
1442604174
9781442600799
1442600799