It is common for researchers in sport to make reference to Foucault or Foucauldian theory. This text offers an overview of work in this area, and explores the potential of Foucauldian theory to inform the study of sport, fitness and physical activity.
It is common for researchers in sport to make reference to Foucault or Foucauldian theory. This text offers an overview of work in this area, and expl...
Michel Foucault's work profoundly influences the way we think about society, in particular how we understand social power, the self, and the body. This book gives an innovative and entirely new analysis of is later works making it a one-stop guide for students, exploring how Foucauldian theory can inform our understanding of the body, domination, identity and freedom as experienced through sport and exercise.
Divided into three themed parts, this book considers:
Foucault's ideas and key debates
Foucault's theories to explore power relations, the body,...
Michel Foucault's work profoundly influences the way we think about society, in particular how we understand social power, the self, and the body. ...
This book highlights the development of feminist sport studies through personal narratives of prominent feminist sport researchers from North America, Europe, and New Zealand. With expertise in sport history, literature, psychology, and sociology, contributors offer reflections that cross disciplinary boundaries and provide a concise and current summary of this broad field. In relaying their personal research experiences, contributors intertwine their professional and personal selves in stories that highlight the struggles of sport feminists, struggles that shaped the self and constructed...
This book highlights the development of feminist sport studies through personal narratives of prominent feminist sport researchers from North America,...
This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and qualitative textual analysis, the contributors discuss sexualization, nationalism, success, failure and the in]visibility of women athletes in newspaper reporting in Asia, Europe and the USA.
This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and ...
Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success - or is this invisibility changing? Does the worlds largest media event, the Olympic Games, which places sport at the centre of world attention, also represent a media showcase for the achievements of female athletes?
This is the main focus of this book. It explores womens printed media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games and brings together the largest quantitative collection of content analyses of media coverage of a single event using the same methodology. Expanding beyond research centred on the...
Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success - or is this invisibility changing? Does the worlds largest media e...
Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success - or is this invisibility changing? Does the worlds largest media event, the Olympic Games, which places sport at the centre of world attention, also represent a media showcase for the achievements of female athletes?
This is the main focus of this book. It explores womens printed media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games and brings together the largest quantitative collection of content analyses of media coverage of a single event using the same methodology. Expanding beyond research centred on the...
Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success - or is this invisibility changing? Does the worlds largest media e...
This book provides a guide to qualitative research methods in the multidisciplinary field of physical culture. Developing an approach based on the '7 Ps' of research, this text navigates a pathway through the research process that will be invaluable as a teaching tool and to experienced and inexperienced researchers alike.
This book provides a guide to qualitative research methods in the multidisciplinary field of physical culture. Developing an approach based on the '7 ...
Exercise for women is a heavily-laden social and embodied experience. While exercise promotion has become an increasingly visible part of health campaigns, obesity among women is rising, and studies indicate that women are generally less physically active than men. Women's (lack of) exercise, therefore, has become a public concern, and physiological and psychological research has attempted to develop more effective exercise programs aimed at women. Yet women have a complex relationship with embodiment and physical activity that is difficult for quantitative scientific approaches to...
Exercise for women is a heavily-laden social and embodied experience. While exercise promotion has become an increasingly visible part of health ca...
