Sporting Times

ISBN-13: 9781137275356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 104 str.

Kath Woodward

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Out of the Blocks: Starting Times Time and Motion: Methodologies and Methods Memories Measuring Time: Recording Time Future Times Changing Times: Changing Time

O autorze

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.