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1. Women, Sport, Society

   Further Reflections, Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft

   Edited by Roberta Park, Patricia Vertinsky

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   During the last four decades women’s and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of the accomplishments of notable female athletes. We have become increasingly aware that women have...

   Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
2. Gender, Sport, Science

   Selected writings of Roberta J. Park

   Edited by J. A. Mangan, Patricia Vertinsky

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   Roberta J. Park has been throughout her distinguished career a scholar with a mission - to win academic recognition of the significance of the body in culture and cultures. Her scholarship has earned her global esteem in the disciplines of Physical Education and Sports Studies for its penetrating...

   Published October 8th 2008 by Routledge
3. Physical Culture, Power, and the Body

   Edited by Patricia Vertinsky, Jennifer Hargreaves

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

   During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central. Questions are raised about the character of the...

   Published October 10th 2006 by Routledge
4. Sites of Sport

   Space, Place and Experience

   Edited by John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   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...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge
5. Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium

   Memory, Monument, Modernity

   By Sherry Mckay, Patricia Vertinsky

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups.Built in 1951, the War Memorial...

   Published May 5th 2004 by Routledge