1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005696760403321

Autore

Jordaens, Jacob

Titolo

Jacob Joardaens / R. A. d'Hulst ; translated from the Dutch by P. S. Falla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Sotheby Publications, 1982

ISBN

0856671193

Descrizione fisica

375 p. : ill. ; 30 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOB006390

Autore

Kundera, Milan

Titolo

L' ignoranza / Milan Kundera ; Tr. Giorgio Pinotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Adelphi, 2000

ISBN

8845916324

Descrizione fisica

184 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Fabula ; 136

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793612103321

Titolo

The allure of sports in Western Culture / / edited by John Zilcosky and Marlo A. Burks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4875-1961-3

1-4875-1960-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

306.483

Soggetti

Sports - Social aspects

Sports - History

Civilization, Western

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the allure of sports / John Zilcosky -- Sports/allure / Grant Farred -- "Allure" constrained by "ethics"? How athletic events have engaged their spectators / Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht -- The fading allure of Greek athletics / Sofie Remijsen -- Wrestling, or the art of disentangling bodies / John Zilcosky -- The allure and ethics of ancient aesthetics: Hellenism in the modern Olympic movement / Charles Stocking -- Attractive or repugnant? Foot races in eighteenth-century German and Britain / Rebekka von Mallinckrodt -- A well-trained community: gymnastics for the German nation / Wolf Kittler -- Importing a German Kampfsport: the reception and practice of Japanese martial arts in interwar Germany / Sarah Panzer -- The ethics and allure of the foul in football / Annette Vowinckel -- Swimming / Karin Helmstaedt.

Sommario/riassunto

Sports are the most popular spectator events in the history of the world. This volume demonstrates how sports shape societies and individuals. The essays offer critical new insights and historical case studies from historians, theorists, literature scholars, and athletes.