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,...
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 - ...
This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built environments such as gymnasiums and football stadiums can provide unique information about the body's
This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built enviro...
Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups. Built in 1951, the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is a prize-winning example of modernist architecture. Although conceived to honour the dead of World War II, it was far from being a neutral memorial and gymnasium for everyday athletes.
This collection shows what the design,...
Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces...
The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks can provide unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, the body's capabilities, needs and desires, and illuminate the tensions between the globalising tendencies of sport and the importance of local culture and a sense of place. This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. This is a pioneering work on the changing landscape of sporting life, and is likely to become a classic text...
The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks can provide unique information about the histo...
Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups. Built in 1951, the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is a prize-winning example of modernist architecture. Although conceived to honour the dead of World War II, it was far from being a neutral memorial and gymnasium for everyday athletes. and spatial configurations of the building reveal about the...
Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces an...
