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Body, Sport and Society in Norden

Author : Niels Kayser Nielsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 8771245278
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Body, Sport and Society in Norden written by Niels Kayser Nielsen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2005-12-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a number of cultural-historical and ethnographic studies of the history of sport in the Nordic countries. The studies examine the contribution made by sport to the development of Scandinavian nationalism in the nineteenth century, and analyze the ways in which sport became interwoven with the social life of citizens in the various Scandinavian countries in the twentieth century. The main focus of this volume, therefore, is not on the organizational history of sport, nor is it on society vis-a-vis sport - i.e., sport as a reflection of a certain societal constellation. Rather, what is of interest is sport in society, and therefore the book aims to illustrate the ways in which sport has been used and has served to help explain and understand Scandinavian society types.

The Nordic Model and Physical Culture

Author : Mikkel B. Tin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000693171
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Nordic Model and Physical Culture written by Mikkel B. Tin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationships between the Nordic social democratic welfare system (‘The Nordic Model’) and physical culture, across the domains of sport, education, and public space. Presenting important new empirical research, it helps us to understand how the paradoxical blend of social democracy and liberalism in the Nordic countries influences physical culture, which in turn contributes to a quality of life that ranks highest in the world. Drawing on perspectives from sociology, cultural studies, history, education, political science, outdoor studies, and urban studies, the book explores topics such as dance education for sport students, doping in cross-country skiing, outdoor education, the active body, and the ideology of public parks. It includes research material from across the region, including Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark. This is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in physical culture, sport studies, leisure studies, or outdoor studies, as well as sociologists or political scientists with an interest in Nordic politics, culture, and society.

The Fastest Game in the World

Author : Bruce Berglund
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520303733
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Fastest Game in the World written by Bruce Berglund and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn from different cultures and crossed boundaries––between Canada and the United States, across the Atlantic, and among different regions of Europe. It has been a political flashpoint within countries and internationally. And it has given rise to far-reaching cultural changes and firmly held traditions. The Fastest Game in the World is a global history of a global sport, drawing upon research conducted around the world in a variety of languages. From Canadian prairies to Swiss mountain resorts, Soviet housing blocks to American suburbs, Bruce Berglund takes readers on an international tour, seamlessly weaving in hockey’s local, national, and international trends. Written in a lively style with wide-ranging breadth and attention to telling detail, The Fastest Game in the World will thrill both the lifelong fan and anyone who is curious about how games intertwine with politics, economics, and culture.

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport

Author : Otmar Weiss
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004464719
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Sociology of Sport written by Otmar Weiss and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the Sociology of Sport offers a comprehensive overview of topics, theories, definitions and results of sport sociological research and discussions. A unique approach to the social specificity of sport is outlined.

Routledge Companion to Sports History

Author : S. W. Pope
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135978131
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Companion to Sports History written by S. W. Pope and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents comprehensive guidance to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts. It is suitable for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field.

The Oxford Handbook of Sports History

Author : Robert Edelman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199858918
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sports History written by Robert Edelman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practiced and watched by billions, sport is a global phenomenon. Sport history is a burgeoning sub-field that explores sport in all forms to help answer fundamental questions that scholars examine. This volume provides a reference for sport scholars and an accessible introduction to those who are new to the sub-field.

Bodily Democracy

Author : Henning Eichberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317988132
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Bodily Democracy written by Henning Eichberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport has gained increasing importance for welfare society. In this process, however, the term of ‘sport’ has become less and less clear. Larger parts of what nowadays is called ‘sport for all’ are non-competitive and derived from traditions of gymnastics, dance, festivity, games, outdoor activities, and physical training rather than from classical modern elite sports. This requires new philosophical approaches, as the philosophy of sport, so far, has been dominated by topics of elite sports. Based on Scandinavian experiences, the book presents studies about festivities of sport, outdoor activities, song and movement, and play and game. The engagement of elderly people challenges sports. Games get political significance in international cooperation, for peace culture and as means against poverty (in Africa). The empirical studies result in philosophical analyses on the recognition of folk practice in education and on relations between identity and recognition. The study of ‘sport for all’ opens up for new ways of phenomenological knowledge, moving bottom-up from sport to the philosophy of "the individual", of event, of nature, and of human energy. Popular sports give inspiration to a philosophy of practice as well as to a phenomenological understanding of ‘the people’, of civil society and the ‘demos’ of democracy – as folk in movement. This book was published as a special issue in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900438829X
Total Pages : 992 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 is the first work to consider all the arts and to discuss the role of the avant-garde not only in aesthetic terms but in its cultural and political context.

Post-Foundational Discourse Analysis

Author : Tomas Marttila
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137538406
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Post-Foundational Discourse Analysis written by Tomas Marttila and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adds the missing link between post-foundational discourse theory and the methods of empirical research, and in doing so it develops a post-foundational discourse analysis research program. The book offers a structure of the research program, and explores the methodologization of other discourse analytical approaches.

Bibliographic Index

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliographic Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nordic World: Sport in Society

Author : Henrik Meinander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135224706
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Nordic World: Sport in Society written by Henrik Meinander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary European culture. It explores the political, social and aesthetic impact of modern sport on the Northern European Nordic communities. Its concern is the relationship between Nordic culture, Nordic nations, changing Nordic attitudes to time, space and the body and the related evolution of specific Nordic visions and traditions of sport as an integral component of cultural similarity and synthesis.

Scandinavica

Author : Elias Bredsdorff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scandinavica written by Elias Bredsdorff and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport

Author : Richard Giulianotti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134116691
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport written by Richard Giulianotti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sociology of sport is a core discipline within the academic study of sport. It helps us to understand what sport is and why it matters. Sociological knowledge, implicit or explicit, therefore underpins scholarly enquiry into sport in every aspect. The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is a landmark publication that brings together the most important themes, theories and issues within the sociology of sport, tracing the contours of the discipline and surveying the state-of-the-art. Part One explores the main theories and analytical approaches that define contemporary sport sociology and introduces the most important methodological issues confronting researchers working in the social scientific study of sport. Part Two examines the connections and divisions between sociology and cognate disciplines within sport studies, including history, anthropology, economics, leisure and tourism studies, philosophy, politics and psychology. Part Three investigates how the most important social divisions within sport, and in wider society, are addressed in sport sociology, including ‘race‘, gender, class, sexuality and disability. Part Four explores a wide range of pressing contemporary issues associated with sport, including sport and the body, social problems associated with sport, sport places and settings, and the global aspects of sport. Written by a team of leading international sport scholars, including many of the most well-known, respected and innovative thinkers working in the discipline, the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is an essential reference for any student, researcher or professional with an interest in sport.

Sport and the Female Disabled Body

Author : Elisabet Apelmo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317051106
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sport and the Female Disabled Body written by Elisabet Apelmo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This path-breaking book analyses the experiences of young sporting women with physical impairments. Taking phenomenology as a point of departure, Elisabet Apelmo explores how the young women handle living with a body which, on the one hand, is viewed as deviant – the disabled body – and on the other hand is viewed as accomplished – the sporting body. A polarization is apparent between the weak, which is manifested through the expression of belonging as "we", and the strong individual. The subject position as strong, positive and capable – as a reaction towards the weak, the negative – is one of the few positions that are available to them. Furthermore, the book demonstrates the strategies of resistance the young women develop against the marginalisation, stereotyping and othering they experience in their everyday lives. Finally, the author discusses the paradox of gender. Disabled bodies are often seen as non-gendered, however, these young women’s experiences are structured by both the gender regimes within sports and the larger gender order of the society.

Sport, Culture and Society

Author : Grant Jarvie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134020546
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Culture and Society written by Grant Jarvie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is impossible to fully understand contemporary society and culture without acknowledging the place of sport. Sport is part of our social and cultural fabric, possessing a social and commercial power that makes it a potent force in the world, for good and for bad. Sport has helped to start wars and promote international reconciliation, while every government around the world commits public resources to sport because of its perceived benefits. From the bleachers to the boardroom, sport matters. Now available in a fully revised and updated new edition, this exciting, comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society. International in scope, the book explores the key social theories that shape our understanding of sport as a social phenomenon and critically examines many of the assumptions that underpin that understanding. Placing sport at the very heart of the analysis, and including vibrant sporting examples throughout, the book introduces the student to every core topic and emerging area in the study of sport and society, including: the history and politics of sport sport and globalization sport and the media sport, violence and crime sport, the body and health sport and the environment alternative sports and lifestyles sporting mega-events sport and development. Each chapter includes a wealth of useful features to assist the student, including chapter summaries, highlighted definitions of key terms, practical projects, revision questions, boxed case-studies and biographies, and guides to further reading, with additional teaching and learning resources available on a companion website. Sport, Culture and Society is the most broad-ranging and thoughtful introduction to the socio-cultural analysis of sport currently available and sets a new agenda for the discipline. It is essential reading for all students with an interest in sport. Visit the companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/jarvie.

Ethics, Disability and Sports

Author : Ejgil Jespersen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317967550
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Ethics, Disability and Sports written by Ejgil Jespersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses a range of philosophical and ethical issues in adapted physical activity and disability sports participation more broadly. It is comprised of a range of essays by international scholars whose backgrounds embrace different traditions of philosophy, pedagogy and adapted physical activity. The principal aim of the symposium was to open up and critically explore a range of conceptual and ethical issues and perspectives that have arisen with respect to the engagement of persons with dis/abilities in a range of physical activity contexts including, but not exclusively located in, mainstream sporting activities. This book was published as a special issue in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

Sport, Violence and Society

Author : Kevin Young
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135285063
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Violence and Society written by Kevin Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies. The book explores organized and spontaneous violence, both on the field and off, and calls for a much broader definition of ‘sports-related violence’, to include issues as diverse as criminal behaviour by players, abuse within sport and exploitatory labor practices. Offering a sophisticated new theoretical framework for understanding violence in a sporting context, and including a wide range of case-studies and empirical data – from professional soccer in Europe to ice hockey in North America – the book establishes a benchmark for the study of violence within sport and wider society. Through close examination of often contradictory trends, from anti-violence initiatives in professional sports leagues to the role of the media in encouraging hyper-aggression, the book throws new light on our understanding of the socially-embedded character of sport and its fundamental ties to history, culture, politics, social class, gender and the law.