Ryan Murtha
Biographic Data
| ID | 6103873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Murtha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Murtha |
| SIGNATURE | MURTHA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sport and Second-Wave Feminism in the Pages of Ms . Magazine
Among the most widely read women's magazines of its time, Ms. positioned itself as a forum in which all women would see their stories reflected and in which they would find coverage of the issues they cared about. As a result of this effort, sport became a recurring topic in the magazine from its earliest days. In this article, I examine the magazine's 1970s sports coverage to uncover how the magazine positioned itself vis-à-vis contemporary deba…
Definition Diets and Deteriorating Masculinity? Bodybuilding Diets in Mid-Century America
In the late 1960s Steve Davis, a young strength athlete turned bodybuilder, prepared for an upcoming photoshoot by consuming nothing but meat and water. Far from unique, Davis represented a new line of bodybuilders who engaged in extreme dietary behaviors to achieve a lean and muscular look. Three decades prior to Davis’ photoshoot, Dave Willoughby, an influential weightlifter and fitness writer, promoted a diet defined by its wholesome foods eat…
From Stroke to Stoke
Despite its celebrated place in the American imagination, the backyard pool as both object and technology has largely gone unexamined by historians. In this paper, we begin to remedy that gap, tracing its explosive rise back to 1940s Southern California. From there, we examine the various technological, economic, and architectural forces that guided its journey from plaything of the rich to banal accoutrement of backyards across the Southern Cali…
Daniel O’Leary and the Sporting Experiences of Irish Immigrants in the United States
During the 1870s, Daniel O’Leary was the biggest sporting star in the United States. The champion race-walker (or pedestrian, to use the language of the times) was renowned for his speed and his endurance, and travelled the country from San Francisco to New York to put on athletic displays for massive crowds. The newspapers held O’Leary up as an American hero, despite the fact that he was a recent immigrant from Ireland. In this article, we exami…
Visions of Eight (1973)
The early 1970s were a time of radical change in the movie business. Until then, the producer had been the single most important person on any film set, the alpha and omega of all decision-making. But in this new decade, power shifted to the director, who became freer to implement his or her own artistic vision. It is in this context that 1973’s Visions of Eight was created, as Hollywood producer and documentarian David Wolper assembled an intern…
The New Boys of Summer
In his second monograph, Paul Hensler provides us with a close examination of the myriad issues facing professional baseball in the late 1960s. The New Boys of Summer: Baseball’s Radical Transforma
Swimming Communities in Victorian England
Book Review| October 01 2020 Swimming Communities in Victorian England Day, Dave, and Margaret Roberts. Swimming Communities in Victorian England. Cham, CH: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Pp. ix + 308. Index and illustrations. $99.99, hb. $74.99, pb. $79.99, eb. Ryan Murtha Ryan Murtha The University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2020) 47 (3): 300–302. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
From Stroke to Stoke
Despite its celebrated place in the American imagination, the backyard pool as both object and technology has largely gone unexamined by historians. In this paper, we begin to remedy that gap, tracing its explosive rise back to 1940s Southern California. From there, we examine the various technological, economic, and architectural forces that guided its journey from plaything of the rich to banal accoutrement of backyards across the Southern Cali…
The New Boys of Summer
In his second monograph, Paul Hensler provides us with a close examination of the myriad issues facing professional baseball in the late 1960s. The New Boys of Summer: Baseball’s Radical Transforma
Swimming Communities in Victorian England
Book Review| October 01 2020 Swimming Communities in Victorian England Day, Dave, and Margaret Roberts. Swimming Communities in Victorian England. Cham, CH: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Pp. ix + 308. Index and illustrations. $99.99, hb. $74.99, pb. $79.99, eb. Ryan Murtha Ryan Murtha The University of Texas at Austin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2020) 47 (3): 300–302. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
Definition Diets and Deteriorating Masculinity? Bodybuilding Diets in Mid-Century America
In the late 1960s Steve Davis, a young strength athlete turned bodybuilder, prepared for an upcoming photoshoot by consuming nothing but meat and water. Far from unique, Davis represented a new line of bodybuilders who engaged in extreme dietary behaviors to achieve a lean and muscular look. Three decades prior to Davis’ photoshoot, Dave Willoughby, an influential weightlifter and fitness writer, promoted a diet defined by its wholesome foods eat…
From Stroke to Stoke
Despite its celebrated place in the American imagination, the backyard pool as both object and technology has largely gone unexamined by historians. In this paper, we begin to remedy that gap, tracing its explosive rise back to 1940s Southern California. From there, we examine the various technological, economic, and architectural forces that guided its journey from plaything of the rich to banal accoutrement of backyards across the Southern Cali…
Daniel O’Leary and the Sporting Experiences of Irish Immigrants in the United States
During the 1870s, Daniel O’Leary was the biggest sporting star in the United States. The champion race-walker (or pedestrian, to use the language of the times) was renowned for his speed and his endurance, and travelled the country from San Francisco to New York to put on athletic displays for massive crowds. The newspapers held O’Leary up as an American hero, despite the fact that he was a recent immigrant from Ireland. In this article, we exami…
Visions of Eight (1973)
The early 1970s were a time of radical change in the movie business. Until then, the producer had been the single most important person on any film set, the alpha and omega of all decision-making. But in this new decade, power shifted to the director, who became freer to implement his or her own artistic vision. It is in this context that 1973’s Visions of Eight was created, as Hollywood producer and documentarian David Wolper assembled an intern…
Sport and Second-Wave Feminism in the Pages of Ms . Magazine
Among the most widely read women's magazines of its time, Ms. positioned itself as a forum in which all women would see their stories reflected and in which they would find coverage of the issues they cared about. As a result of this effort, sport became a recurring topic in the magazine from its earliest days. In this article, I examine the magazine's 1970s sports coverage to uncover how the magazine positioned itself vis-à-vis contemporary deba…
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