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  • Educating the Body

    A History of Physical Education in Canada

    by M. Ann Hall, Bruce Kidd, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Educating the Body presents a history of physical education in Canada, shedding light on its major advocates, innovators, and institutions. The book traces the major developments in physical education from the early nineteenth century to the present day – both within and beyond schools – and concludes with a vision for the future. It examines the realities of Canada’s classed, gendered, and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Women, Sport, Society

    Further Reflections, Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft

    Edited by Patricia Vertinsky, Roberta Park ...
    Series 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 made contributions to physical education, dance and sport that go far beyond being teachers, athletes ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Female Tradition in Physical Education

    Women First reconsidered

    Edited by David Kirk, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport
    The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education, who pioneered the development of the subject in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, lose control in the years following the Second World War? Despite the later ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Gender, Sport, Science

    Selected writings of Roberta J. Park

    Edited by J. A. Mangan, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Series 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 insights.This selection of her writings is a well-deserved tribute to her interpretive originality, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium

    Memory, Monument, Modernity

    by Sherry Mckay, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Series 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 Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is a prize-winning example of modernist architecture. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Sites of Sport

    Space, Place and Experience

    Edited by John Bale, Patricia Vertinsky ...
    Series 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 tendencies of sport and the importance of local culture and a sense of place. This collection uses ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Physical Culture, Power, and the Body

    Edited by Patricia Vertinsky, Jennifer Hargreaves ...
    Series 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 body, specifically the relation between the ‘natural’ body, the ‘constructed’ body and the ‘alien’ or ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Watching the Olympics

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    Edited by John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson ...
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  • Sport

    A Critical Sociology

    by Richard Giulianotti ...
    In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming ever more apparent across the world.Ten years after its original publication, the text has been completely revised ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Public Art in Canada

    Critical Perspectives

    by James S. McLean, Annie Gérin ...
    Arguably, public art is experienced daily by more people than most offerings in galleries, yet our notion of what constitutes public art is surprisingly limited. Public Art in Canada broadens the critical discussion by exploring public art's varied means of engaging with public space and the public sphere. Annie Gérin and James S. McLean have assembled contributions from new and established ... Read more

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  • City Publics

    The (Dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters

    by Sophie Watson ...
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