Sporting Times
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Sporting Times
By (Author) K. Woodward
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Pivot
30th October 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Gender studies, gender groups
Sociology
Sports and Active outdoor recreation
Cultural studies
796.480941
Physical Properties
Hardback
104
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
297g
Description
Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
Author Bio
Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the Open University, UK. Her interests bring together feminist theory, gender studies and sport. She is author of Boxing, Masculinity and Identity, Social Sciences: The Big Issues, Why Feminism Matters, Embodied Sporting Practices, and Sex, Power and the Games.
