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In motion, at rest : the event of the athletic body

Title
In motion, at rest : the event of the athletic body / Grant Farred.
Author
Farred, Grant
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]

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Book/TextUse in library Sc D 14-1317Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Description
178 pages; 21 cm
Summary
The author examines three infamous events in sport, arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes possible an entirely original way of thinking about it.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : sport and the event -- Ron Artest : the Black body at rest (Alain Badiou) -- Eric Cantona : the body in motion (Gilles Deleuze) -- Zinedine Zidane : coup de boule (Jacques Derrida) -- Epilogue : being, event, and the philosophy of sport.
Call Number
Sc D 14-1317
ISBN
  • 9780816650231 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816650233 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816650248 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0816650241 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2013028362
OCLC
862148712
Author
Farred, Grant, author.
Title
In motion, at rest : the event of the athletic body / Grant Farred.
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc D 14-1317
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