ISBN:
9781350283039
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series Statement:
The Cultural Histories Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Sports and state-History
;
Sports-History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- SERIES PREFACE -- Introduction: Cultures of Sport in the Renaissance ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI -- SETTING THE SCENE -- HISTORIES OF RENAISSANCE SPORT -- RENAISSANCE WRITING ON SPORT -- A TALE OF TWO SPORTS -- CULTURES, CIVILIZATION -- DEVELOPMENTS AND TIMELINE -- Notes -- CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI -- A WORLD OF WORDS -- GOOD REASONS -- SHAPING THE RENAISSANCE BODY -- A CODA ON CHIVALRY -- BACK TO SQUARE ONE -- Notes -- CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time and Sporting Space ANGELA SCHATTNER -- HISTORIANS' PERSPECTIVE -- CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE -- PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE -- PUTTING SPORTS IN PLACE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology ÉLISABETH BELMAS* -- A "FLOURISHING SPORTS EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY" -- LEARNING AND TRAINING -- TECHNICITY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE "SPORTING" BODY -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order CHRISTIAN JASER -- INTRODUCTION -- GUIDING SPORTSMANSHIP: RULE BOOKS AND OCCASION-RELATED RULES -- CONCLUSION: RULES AND ORDER IN CONTEXT -- Notes -- CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation DIANE ROUSSEL -- THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS OFFENSIVE. LAWFUL VS UNLAWFUL RECREATIONS: WHERE IS SPORT IN ALL THIS? -- LEGAL DISCOURSE: BETWEEN LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL SPORTS, IS THERE A GRAY ZONE FOR SPORT? -- ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING "FUNCTIONAL SPORT" FOR MILITARY PURPOSES -- SPORT UNDER SUSPICION: WHEN REPRESSIVE MEASURES SPREAD TO LAWFUL GAMES -- REJECTING VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINING THE BODY -- Note -- CHAPTER SIX Inclusion, Exclusion, and Segregation MATTEO CASINI* -- USE OF SPORT BY GOVERNMENTS AND ELITES -- SPORT AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- SPORT AND GENDER -- SPORT AND AGE -- CONCLUSIONS -- Note -- CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities LAURENT TURCOT* -- RELIGIOUS CONTEXT -- EQUESTRIAN GAMES.
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