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 spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. At a time when the importance of spacial theories and spacial metaphors to sport is being increasingly recognised, this pioneering work on the changing landscape of sporting life will appeal to students of the history, sociology and management of sport.
Author(s): Jürgen Rohwer, John Bale, Patricia Anne Vertinsky, M. Monakov
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 280
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
1. Locating a ‘Sense of Place......Page 19
2. Sensing the Stadium......Page 36
3. Educative Pools......Page 50
4. Freezing Social Relations......Page 68
5. Just Another Classroom?......Page 84
6. Putting Bodies on the Line......Page 96
7. Homebush......Page 112
8. Surf Lifesavers and Surfers......Page 126
9. Playing with Gravity......Page 142
10. The Homoerotic Space of Sport Pornography......Page 156
11. The Space that (in)Difference Makes......Page 170
12. For Pleasure? Or Profit?......Page 188
Notes......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 246
Notes on Contributors......Page 274
Index......Page 278
