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Sporting Times 2013th Edition
Author(s): K. Woodward (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
- Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2012
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 112 pages
- ISBN-10: 1137275359
- ISBN-13: 9781137275356
Book Description
Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of ‘time’ in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
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About the Author
Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the Open University, UK. Her interests bring together feminist theory, gender studies and sport. She is author of Boxing, Masculinity and Identity, Social Sciences: The Big Issues, Why Feminism Matters, Embodied Sporting Practices, and Sex, Power and the Games.
