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Artistic Impressions
In contemporary North America, figure skating ranks among the most 'feminine' of sports and few boys take it up for fear of being labelled effeminate or gay. Yet figure skating was once an exclusively male pastime - women did not skate in significant numbers until the late 1800s, at least a century ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body: Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)
by David Andrews • Samantha Frost • Simone Fullagar • Mary Louise Adams • Samantha King • Pirkko Markula • Michael D. Giardina • Matthew G. Hawzen • Oliver Rick • Jacob J. Bustad • Richard Pringle • Mary G. McDonald • Kiri Baxter • Douglas Booth • Kyle S Bunds • Mariana Clark • Simon C Darnell • Jennifer Sterling • Christopher McLeod • Shannon Leigh Jette • Katelyn Esmonde • Carolyn Pluim • Gavin WeedonThe moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2020 -
Journey through Utopia: A Critical Examination of Imagined Worlds in Western Literature (Freedom)
Journey through Utopia is a richly detailed and critically compelling examination of utopian literature, beginning with Plato's Republic and continuing through to Huxley's Brave New World. Utopias have been penned with diverse intentions: some as pictures of an ideal society, some as blueprints for ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019