Sports Spectacular: The Social Ritual of Power.

Cheska, Alyce Taylor

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ERIC Number: EJ208764

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Sports Spectacular: The Social Ritual of Power.

Cheska, Alyce Taylor

Quest, Monograph 30 p58-71 Sum 1978

The modern sports spectacular contains all the necessary elements of symbolic rite, and the public's behavior patterns during large-scale athletic events dramatically illustrate a ritualistic enactment of social and cultural power struggles via vicarious participation. (LH)

Descriptors: Anthropology, Athletics, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Activities, Role Playing, Social Characteristics, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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