A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period often seen as a time of decline in sporting practice and literature. In fact, a rich sporting culture existed and sports were practised by both men and women at all levels of society. The Enlightenment called into question many of the earlier notions of religion, gender, and rank which had previously shaped sporting activities and also initiated the commercialization, professionalization and associativity which were to define modern sport.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.
Rebekka von Mallinckrodt is Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Volume 4 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
Author(s): Rebekka von Mallinckrodt
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 250
City: London
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
REPRESENTING THE SPORTS OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
GENRES AND TRADITIONS
THE USES OF REPRESENTATIONS
SPORTS AS REPRESENTATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
