Research Catalog

Title

Writing lives in sport : biographies, life-histories and methods / edited by John Bale, Mette Krogh Christensen and Gertrud Pfister.

Publication

Århus ; Oakville, CT, USA : Aarhus University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• Bale, John.
• Christensen, Mette Krogh.
• Pfister, Gertrud, 1945-

Description

191 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Acta Jutlandica ; 78:3, Humanities series ; 77

Uniform Title

• Acta Jutlandica 78:3.
• Acta Jutlandica. Humanities series ; 77.

Subject

• Sports > Biography
• Sports > Biography > History and criticism
• Sports

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Papers from a "seminar on the subject of sports biographies ... held at the Center for Idræt, University of Aarhus, in December 2001"--Forward.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / J. Bale, M.K. Christensen and G. Pfister -- The historical biography: genre, history and methodology / B. Possing -- The mysterious Professor Jokl / J. Bale -- Gymnastics and politics: Niels Bukh and the biographical genre / H. Bonde -- The anonymous biography? / M.K. Christensen -- Re-telling physical education teachers' life stories / F. Dowling -- Body - experience - text / M. Silvennoinen -- Biographical narratives about acculturation, education and training / E. Trangbæk -- Unfortunately she was the winner / L. Laine -- We love them and we hate them: on the emotional involvement and other challenges during biographical research / G. Pfister -- The legend of Jackie Milburn and the Life of Godfrey Brown / R. Holt -- "Brylcreem Boy": inter-textual signification in the life of Denis Compton / J. Hill -- "Nacka" Skoglund: a Swedish soccer player as a welfare-nationalistic myth / N.K. Nielsen.

ISBN

• 8779340849 (hd. bd.)
• 9788779340848 (hd. bd.)

LCCN

^^2007462924

OCLC

• 54610939
• SCSB-10749538

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library