De-sportization of fighting contests: The origins and dynamics of no holds barred events and the theory of sportization

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 259-282

  Van Bottenburg, Maarten ^a,d   Heilbron, Johan ^b,c,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

(de )sportization; Commercialization; Fighting contests; Mediasport; New media; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547371670     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207078043     Document Type: Article

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