Sites of sport space, place, experience
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Sport in the global society.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798260306719 |
| Summary: | 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 tendencies of sport and the importance of local culture and a sense of place. This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. At a time when the importance of spacial theories and spacial metaphors to sport is being increasingly recogni |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781280111624 9781135762940 9780203608814 9780203496435 9781135762957 9781283961554 |
