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Book SynopsisPhysical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS, drawing on transdisciplinary expertise from areas as diverse as sport studies, sociology, history, cultural studies, performance studies and anthropology.
Featuring chapters written by world-leading scholars, this handbook examines the most important themes and issues within PCS, exploring the active body through the lens of class, age, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, (dis)ability, medicine, religion, space and culture. Each chapter provides an overview of the state of knowledge in a particular subject area, while also considering possibilities for developing future research.
Representing a landmark contribution to physical cultural studies and allied fields, the Ro
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"A useful starting point for discussion as to the nature of current thinking in [physical cultural studies] and some indications as to where the field may go ... Summing Up: Recommended" - S. H. M. Reekie, San Jose State University, CHOICE
Table of ContentsIntroduction, Part I: Groundings, 1. Historicizing Physical Cultural Studies, 2. Power and Power Relations, 3. Theory and Reflexivity, 4. Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity in PCS, 5. The Political Imperative of Feminism, 6. Praxis, Part II: Practices, 7. Therapeutic Movement / Leisure Practices, 8. Exercise and Fitness Practices, 9. Dance Practices, 10. Lifestyle Sporting Cultures and Practices, 11. (High-)Performance Sport, Part III: Subjectified Bodies, 12. Classed Bodies, 13. Raced Bodies, 14. Gendered Bodies, 15. Sexualized/Sexed Bodies, 16. [Dis]Abled Bodies, 17. Young Bodies, 18. Ageing Bodies, Part IV: Institutionalized Bodies, 19. Medicalised and Scientized Bodies, 20. Digital Bodies, 21. Spiritualized and Religious Bodies, 22. Aestheticized Bodies, 23. Fat Bodies, 24. Mediated and Commodified Bodies, 25. Spectacular and Eroticized Bodies, 26. Punished Corporal Bodies, Part V: Experiential Bodies, 27. Injured, Pained and Disrupted Bodies, 28. Risky/Risking Bodies, 29. Invisible (Women’s) Bodies, 30. Affective and Pleasured Bodies, 31. Mobile Bodies, 32. Pregnant Bodies, Part VI: Spaces, 33. "Natural", Intimate and Sensory Landscapes, 34. Physical Cultural Studies, Sport and the Environment, 35. Urban and Securitised Spaces, 36. Healthified Spaces, 37. Affective Cities, 38. Exercise and Fitness Spaces, 39. Sport, Migration and Space, Part VII: Contexts and Sites of Embodied Practice, 40. Mind/Body Relations, 41. Community and Physical Culture, 42. Physical Education, Policy and Embodied Pedagogies 43. International Development and Policy, 44. Global Mega-Events, Policy and Legacy, 45. Digital Mediation, Connectivity and Affective Materialities, Part VIII: Methodological Contingencies, 46. Critical Discourse Analysis, 47. Texts / Representation, 48. Ethnographic Approaches, 49. People in Contexts, 50. Narrative Inquiry and Autoethnography, 51. Poetry, Poiesis and Physical Culture, 52. Sensory, Digital and Visual Methodologies, 53. Digital Media Methodologies, Part IX: Politics and Praxis, 54. Physical Cultural Studies and Public Pedagogies, 55. Critical Corporeal Curricula, Praxis and Change, 56. Sport, Development, and Social Change, 57. Corporate Social Responsibility, 58. Embodiment and Reflexive Body Politics, Afterword
