Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body
Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies
By Carolyn Pluim, Christopher McLeod, David Andrews, Douglas Booth, Gavin Weedon, Holly Thorpe, Jacob J. Bustad, Jennifer Sterling, Joshua I. Newman, Katelyn Esmonde, Kiri Baxter, Kyle S Bunds, Mariana Clark, Mary G. McDonald, Mary Louise Adams, Matthew | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body explores the extent to which the body, when moving about active body spaces (the gymnasium, the ball field, the lab, the running track, the beach, or the stadium) and those places less often connected to physical activity (the home, the street, the classroom, the automobile), is bounded to technologies of life and living, as well as to the political arrangements that seek to capitalize upon such frames of biological vitality. To do so, the authors problematize the rise of active body science (kinesiology, sport and exercise sciences, performance biotechnology) and the effects these scientific interventions have on embodied, lived experience. Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body offers a groundbreaking departure from representationalist tendencies and orthodoxies brought about by the cultural turn in sport and physical cultural studies. It brings the moving body and its physics back into focus: re-centering moving flesh as the locus of social order, environmental change, and the global political economy.
Editions of Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780813591827
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813591834
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Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body explores the extent to which the body, when moving about active body spaces (the gymnasium, the ball field, the lab, the running track, the beach, or the stadium) and those places less often connected to physical activity (the home, the street, the classroom, the automobile), is bounded to technologies of life and living, as well as to the political arrangements that seek to capitalize upon such frames of biological vitality. To do so, the authors problematize the rise of active body science (kinesiology, sport and exercise sciences, performance biotechnology) and the effects these scientific interventions have on embodied, lived experience. Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body offers a groundbreaking departure from representationalist tendencies and orthodoxies brought about by the cultural turn in sport and physical cultural studies. It brings the moving body and its physics back into focus: re-centering moving flesh as the locus of social order, environmental change, and the global political economy.
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What is Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body about?
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body explores the extent to which the body, when moving about active body spaces (the gymnasium, the ball field, the lab, the running track, the beach, or the stadium) and those places less often connected to physical activity (the home, the street, the classroom, the automobile), is bounded to technologies of life and living, as well as to the political arrangements that seek to capitalize upon such frames of biological vitality. To do so, the authors problematize the rise of active body science (kinesiology, sport and exercise sciences, performance biotechnology) and the effects these scientific interventions have on embodied, lived experience. Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body offers a groundbreaking departure from representationalist tendencies and orthodoxies brought about by the cultural turn in sport and physical cultural studies. It brings the moving body and its physics back into focus: re-centering moving flesh as the locus of social order, environmental change, and the global political economy.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body?
Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology > Sociology: sport and leisure
Where can I read a sample of Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780813591827
Is Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body?
Carolyn Pluim, Christopher McLeod, David Andrews, Douglas Booth, Gavin Weedon, Holly Thorpe, Jacob J. Bustad, Jennifer Sterling, Joshua I. Newman, Katelyn Esmonde, Kiri Baxter, Kyle S Bunds, Mariana Clark, Mary G. McDonald, Mary Louise Adams, Matthew
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813591827) and ebook(ISBN 9780813591834)
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