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78 produkter
East African Running
Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective
Av Tim Noakes, Craig Sharp m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
1203 kr
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What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question? The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the ''evidence'' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, …
Sporting Sounds
Relationships Between Sport and Music
Inbunden, 2008
2558 kr
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Music and sport are both highly significant cultural forms, yet the substantial and longstanding connections between the two have largely been overlooked. Sporting Sounds addresses this oversight in an intriguing and innovative collection of essays.With contributions from leading international …
Women’s Sport in Africa
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is …
Body Cultures
Essays on Sport, Space & Identity by Henning Eichberg
Av John Bale, Chris Philo
Inbunden, 1997
3526 kr
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Body Cultures explores the relationship between the body, sport and landscape. This book presents the first critically edited collection of Henning Eichberg's provocative essays into 'body culture'. Eichberg, a well-known scholar in continental Europe who draws upon the ideas of Elias, Focault, …
Roger Bannister and the Four-Minute Mile
Sports Myth and Sports History
Av John Bale
Häftad, 2005
595 kr
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Roger Bannister was the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Fifty years on, his status, not just as a champion athlete but also as a true British hero, a gentleman and an amateur from a 'golden era' in sport, retains its unblemished appeal.Until now there has been little criticism …
East African Running
Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective
Av Yannis Pitsiladis, John Bale m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
3255 kr
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What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question?The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments …
East African Running
Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective
Av Yannis Pitsiladis, John Bale m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
1105 kr
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What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question?The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments …
Four-Minute Mile
Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier
Av John Bale, David Howe
Inbunden, 2007
1545 kr
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Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case …
Anti-Sport Sentiments in Literature
Batting for the Opposition
Av John Bale
Inbunden, 2007
2890 kr
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This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature. The book commences with a review of exiting pro- and anti-sport discourses and then proceeds to …
Sporting Sounds
Relationships Between Sport and Music
Häftad, 2010
742 kr
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Music and sport are both highly significant cultural forms, yet the substantial and longstanding connections between the two have largely been overlooked. Sporting Sounds addresses this oversight in an intriguing and innovative collection of essays.With contributions from leading international …
Anti-Sport Sentiments in Literature
Batting for the Opposition
Av John Bale
Häftad, 2010
1092 kr
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This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature. The book commences with a review of exiting pro- and anti-sport discourses and then proceeds to …
Women’s Sport in Africa
Inbunden, 2014
2513 kr
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In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is …
Geography in the Primary School (Routledge Revivals)
Av John Bale
Inbunden, 2013
2442 kr
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First published in 1987, this title provides primary school teachers with ideas by which geographical skills and ideas can be introduced in the primary school. John Bale shows how teachers can build on children’s ‘private geographies’ with practical learning strategies, examining approaches to the …
Geography in the Primary School (Routledge Revivals)
Av John Bale
Häftad, 2015
800 kr
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First published in 1987, this title provides primary school teachers with ideas by which geographical skills and ideas can be introduced in the primary school. John Bale shows how teachers can build on children’s ‘private geographies’ with practical learning strategies, examining approaches to the …
Four-Minute Mile
Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier
Av John Bale, David Howe
Häftad, 2015
517 kr
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Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case …
Global Sports Arena
Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World
Inbunden, 1994
2915 kr
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Athletes are on the move. In some sports this involves labour, movement from one country to another within or between continents. In other sports, athletes assume an almost nomadic migratory lifestyle, constantly on the move from one sport festival to another. In addition, it appears that sport …
Global Sports Arena
Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World
Häftad, 1994
904 kr
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Athletes are on the move. In some sports this involves labour, movement from one country to another within or between continents. In other sports, athletes assume an almost nomadic migratory lifestyle, constantly on the move from one sport festival to another. In addition, it appears that sport …
Kenyan Running
Movement Culture, Geography and Global Change
Häftad, 1996
877 kr
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1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport. How significant really is Kenya in the world of sports? This book, the first to look in detail at the …
Sites of Sport
Space, Place and Experience
Av John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky
Inbunden, 2004
2746 kr
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The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, the body's capabilities, needs and desires. It illuminates the tensions between the globalising …
Running Cultures
Racing in Time and Space
Av John Bale
Inbunden, 2004
2513 kr
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Running is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it has intended to elude serious study outside of the natural sciences. John Bale brings the sport into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources including literature, poetry, film, art and sculpture as …
Sites of Sport
Space, Place and Experience
Av John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky
Häftad, 2004
925 kr
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The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, the body's capabilities, needs and desires. It illuminates the tensions between the globalising …
Running Cultures
Racing in Time and Space
Av John Bale
Häftad, 2004
1041 kr
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Running is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it has intended to elude serious study outside of the natural sciences. John Bale brings the sport into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources including literature, poetry, film, art and sculpture as …
Imagined Olympians
Body Culture and Colonial Representation in Rwanda
Av John Bale
Häftad, 2002
288 kr
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Complete Plays of John Bale volume I
Av John Bale, Peter Happe
Inbunden, 1985
1432 kr
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Two-volume collection providing the first opportunity to consider Bale's surviving dramatic work as a whole in the original language. His plays explore the theological and political implications of the English Reformation and offers a Protestant counterblast to the English mystery cycles.
Complete Plays of John Bale Volume 2
Av John Bale, Peter Happe
Inbunden, 1986
1432 kr
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Two-volume collection providing the first opportunity to consider Bale's surviving dramatic work as a whole in the original language. His plays explore the theological and political implications of the English Reformation and offers a Protestant counterblast to the English mystery cycles.
Four-Minute Mile
Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier
Av David Howe, John Bale
E-bok, 2020
535 kr
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Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case …
Four-Minute Mile
Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier
Av David Howe, John Bale
E-bok, 2020
535 kr
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Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case …
Post-Olympism
Questioning Sport in the Twenty-First Century
Av Mette Krogh Christensen, John Bale
E-bok, 2020
712 kr
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The Olympic ideal and the Olympic Games stand as symbols of global cooperation, international understanding and the bonding of individuals through the medium of sports. However, throughout the twentieth century, Olympic rhetoric was often confronted by a different reality. The Games have regularly …
Sport and Postcolonialism
Av Mike Cronin, John Bale
E-bok, 2020
712 kr
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Compared with modes of representation such as literature, drama, poetry and dance, the world of sport has been largely neglected in postcolonial studies. At both local and global levels, however, sport has been profoundly affected by the colonial legacy. How are individual nations and different …
Post-Olympism
Questioning Sport in the Twenty-First Century
Av Mette Krogh Christensen, John Bale
E-bok, 2020
704 kr
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The Olympic ideal and the Olympic Games stand as symbols of global cooperation, international understanding and the bonding of individuals through the medium of sports. However, throughout the twentieth century, Olympic rhetoric was often confronted by a different reality. The Games have regularly …
