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Sporting Times
Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
42,99 € |
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Verlag: | Palgrave Pivot |
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Veröffentl.: | 12.01.2016 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781137275363 |
Sprache: | englisch |
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Beschreibungen
Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
Out of the Blocks: Starting Times Time and Motion: Methodologies and Methods Memories Measuring Time: Recording Time Future Times Changing Times: Changing Time
Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the Open University, UK. Her interests bring together feminist theory, gender studies and sport. She is author of Boxing, Masculinity and Identity, Social Sciences: The Big Issues, Why Feminism Matters, Embodied Sporting Practices, and Sex, Power and the Games.