ISBN:
9781350283060
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series Statement:
The Cultural Histories Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Culture-History
;
Sports-History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- SERIES PREFACE -- Introduction -- VIETH'S COSMOS: THE ENCYKLOPÄDIE DER LEIBESÜBUNGEN (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE), 1794-1818 -- SPORT, PHYSICAL EXERCISE, OR TRADITIONAL GAMES? -- SPORT-A TYPICALLY ENGLISH INSTITUTION? -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport -- HOW CAN WE SHED LIGHT ON SPORTING PURPOSE? -- THE PURPOSES OF ENLIGHTENMENT SPORT -- TWO CASE STUDIES: HUNTING AND BULLBAITING -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time and Sporting Space -- WORKING TIME-LEISURE TIME-SPORTS TIME -- SPORTING SPACE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology -- INDUSTRIALIZATION AND COMMODIFICATION -- PATRONAGE, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROVISION -- PROFESSIONAL SPORTSMEN AND ENTREPRENEURS -- PEDAGOGY, TRAINING, AND INSTRUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order -- ORIGINS OF RULES -- PROFESSIONALIZATION OF SPORTS -- RULES OF BALL GAMES -- RACING -- ATHLETIC SPORTS: GYMNASTICS -- FENCING, WRESTLING, BOXING -- BLOOD SPORTS: BULLFIGHTING, BEARBAITING, COCKFIGHTING, ETC. -- ARISTOCRATIC SPORTS: TOURNAMENT, RIDING, HUNTING, HAWKING, DANCING, SHOOTING -- WATER SPORTS AND WINTER SPORTS -- GENERAL TRENDS -- CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation -- RECREATIONAL SPORTS: A RITUALISTIC EXPRESSION OF CONFLICT -- TOWARDS A REGULATION OF RECREATIONAL CONFLICT -- CAN WE TALK ABOUT A "SPORTIFICATION" OF CONFLICT? -- CHAPTER SIX Inclusion, Exclusion, and Segregation -- GENDER -- RACE -- RANK AND CLASS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities -- NAMING SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES -- PRESCRIBING A DOSE OF NATURE -- FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PEDAGOGY -- TRANSITIONS AND DEMARCATIONS: GENDER, AGE, AND STATUS -- PERFECTING THE HUMAN SPECIES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER EIGHT Representation.
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