Global perspectives on sport and physical cultures / edited by Annette R. Hofmann, Gerald Gems and Maureen Smith.
Material type: TextSeries: Sport in the global society. Historical perspectivesPublisher: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2018Copyright date: ©2017Description: xv, 126 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0367023806
- 9780367023805
- 306.483 23
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First published 2017. First issued in paperback 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Annette R. Hofmann, Gerald Gems and Maureen Smith -- 1. Global Perspectives on Sports and Movement Cultures: From Past to Present - Modern Sports between Nationalism, Internationalism, and Cultural Imperialism / Michael Krüger -- 2. Reconsidering the Female Tradition in English Physical Education: The Impact of Transnational Exchanges in Modern Dance / Patricia Vertinsky -- 3. Gender and Sports within the Equine Sector - A Comparative Perspective / Susanna Hedenborg -- 4. Gold Medals and White Economy: Winter Olympic Games and the Making of the French Elite (1959 -2013) / Thierry Terret -- 5. Sporting Events Organized in Venice: Male Boating and the Amazing Case of Women's Rowing Contests / Gigliola Gori -- 6. Climbing Beyond the Summits: Social and Global Aspects of Women's Expeditions in the Himalayas / Martina Gugglberger -- 7. Diversity versus Unity: A Comparative Analysis of the Complex Roots of the World Gymnaestrada / Angela Wichman -- 25. Years of the International Society of the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) / Annette R. Hofmann.
"Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective."--Publisher's website.
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