Physical Culture, Power, and the Body (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport) - Softcover

 
9780415363525: Physical Culture, Power, and the Body (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415363527 ISBN 13: 9780415363525
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central.

Questions are raised about the character of the body, specifically the relation between the ‘natural’ body, the ‘constructed’ body and the ‘alien’ or ‘virtual’ body. The themes of the book are wide in scope, including:

  • physical culture and the fascist body
  • sport and the racialised body
  • sport medicine, health and the culture of risk
  • the female Muslim sporting body, power, and politics
  • experiencing the disabled sporting body
  • embodied exhibitions of striptease and sport
  • the social logic of sparring
  • sport, girls and the neoliberal body.

Physical Culture, Power, and the Body aims to break down disciplinary boundaries in its theoretical approaches and its readership. The author’s muli-disciplinary backgrounds, demonstrate the widespread topicality of physical culture and the body.

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About the Author

Jennifer Hargreaves is Visiting Professor of Sport and Gender Politics at Brighton University, UK. Patricia Vertinsky is Professor of Human Kinetics and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415363527
ISBN 13 
9780415363525
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280
Editor
Vertinsky Patricia