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Olympism and Pastoralism in British Sporting Literature
(Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015-07-30)
This chapter explores the pastoralism of early modern British sport, evident in the first printed
texts in English. These processes accelerated from 1612 onwards, as versions
of “Olimpick,” “Ho-Limpyc,” “Olympian,” and ...
Women, Sport and Culture: From The 1948 Olympic Games to Rome 1960
(Routledge, 2014-07-01)
The chapter has two sections. The first looks at the expansion of the Olympic programme for women between 1948 and 1960 and the changing cultural values of Olympism during this time. The second section argues that Olympic ...
‘One time he could-‘a’ been, the champion of the world’: Bob Dylan's ‘Hurricane’ as protest song
(Sport in Society Special Edition: Sport Music and Identities, 2013-07-04)
This article focuses on ‘Hurricane’, a song co-written by Bob Dylan (born 24 May 1941) and released in November 1975 on the Columbia Records label. The song details the imprisonment of an African-Amercian middleweight ...
Knitting and the Olympic Games: clothing, competition, culture and commerce
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-05-01)
A critical survey of some of the ways in which knitting has inter-acted with the Olympic Games and its predecessors.
Medicine, Sport and the Body: A Historical Perspective
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)
What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport?
This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine ...
This Sporting Life
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)
What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport?
This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine ...
Repairing the Athletic Body: Treatments, Practices and Ethics
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)
What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport? This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine ...
Science and the Making of the Athletic Body
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2012)
What role does sports medicine play in today's society? Is it solely about treating sports injuries? Should it only be concerned with elite sport? This book provides a history of the relationship between sport, medicine ...
The People’s Game and the People’s War: Football, Nation and Class in Britain, 1939-1945
(2015-12)
The image of World War Two as a
‘people’s war,’ during which a new sense of British national identity was forged,
has initiated considerable scholarly inquiry in recent years. Some have argued
for a remaking of Britishness ...