Speculations on the Body and Sporting Spaces

The Cultural Significance of Sport Performance

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ID3756434
AuthorsAlan Tomlinson (0000-0001-8059-9778, University of Brighton, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume46
Issue11
Pages1577-1587
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764203046011009
OpenAlexW2113250400
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

Sociological work on sport and the body has escalated in recent years as the theme of the body has become more established on the social scientific research agenda. This article reviews some of that work and also notes that historical work on the sporting body remains relatively undeveloped. The core of the article is dedicated to the examination of sporting bodies in 19th-century England in popular events and pastimes such as pedestrianism and long-distance swimming. This is based on the John Johnson collection of ephemera at the University Of Oxford's Bodleain Library. The range of bodies on display at the 2000 Sydney Olympics is discussed in a concluding commentary. This is based on personal observational work at Sydney. The article proposes that any adequate understanding of the place of the body must be informed by adequate documentary and observational sources

Art history · Ephemera · Media studies · Observational study · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Work (physics) · Engineering · History · Medicine · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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