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Record Nr.

UNINA9910171014003321

Autore

Eichberg Henning

Titolo

Body cultures : essays on sport, space, and identity / / Henning Eichberg ; edited by John Bale and Chris Philo ; with a contribution by Susan Brownell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-69254-4

1-134-69255-2

1-280-32977-7

0-203-04270-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaleJohn

PhiloChris

BrownellSusan

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Sports - Sociological aspects

Identity (Psychology)

Human body

Physical education and training - Social aspects

Postmodernism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: HENNING EICHBERG, SPACE, IDENTITY AND BODY CULTURE; THINKING DANGEROUSLY: THE PERSON AND HIS IDEAS; THE ENCLOSURE OF THE BODY: THE HISTORICAL RELATIVITY OF 'HEALTH', 'NATURE' AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF SPORT; NEW SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS OF SPORT? EXPERIENCES FROM DANISH ALTERNATIVE PLANNING; SPORT IN LIBYA: PHYSICAL CULTURE AS AN INDICATOR OF SOCIETAL CONTRADICTIONS; OLYMPIC SPORT: NEO-COLONIALISM AND ALTERNATIVES; BODY CULTURE AS PARADIGM: THE DANISH SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT

A REVOLUTION OF BODY CULTURE? TRADITIONAL GAMES ON THE WAY FROM MODERNISATION TO 'POSTMODERNITY'THE SOCIETAL CONSTRUCTION OF TIME AND SPACE AS SOCIOLOGY'S WAY HOME TO



PHILOSOPHY: SPORT AS PARADIGM; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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, Habermas and others, is now attracting considerable interest from Anglo-American sociologists, historians and geographers. This collection has been extensively edited to highlight Eichberg's most important arguments and themes. Introductory essays from the editors and Susan Brownell provide cle