Spectator sports as an aspect of popular culture - an historical view
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ABSTRACT:
This article, utilizing an historical framework of analysis, examines the origins and functions of mass spectator sport in North America, as aspects of popular culture. It was found that spectator sport, since its inception of the beginning of the twentieth century, has played an integrative cultural role. Secondly, it was argued that spectator sport has served historically as a means for individuals to escape from the constraints and frustrations of urban existence. Finally it was pointed out that mass spectator sports constitute one of the chief mechanisms for the affirmation of the various ideals and values which have been complementary to those processes of production and consumption which have developed in North America in the last century. The implications of these three historical functions of spectator sports were reviewed. The functions of spectator sport as outlined in this analysis were understood as being indicative of the basic inadequacies of the North American culture milieu. Outlines the history of spectator sport in terms of both its origins and functions as an aspect of North American popular culture. Discusses the socio-cultural factors which facilitated the emergence of mass spectator sport and the development of the North American sport spectacle. Concludes that the growth of spectator sports may indicate the inadequacy of North American culture and industry to provide the individual with a personal sense of fulfillment.
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