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Sporting times

Title
Sporting times / by Kath Woodward.
Author
Woodward, Kath.
Publication
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description
vii, 104 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Sport is all about time -the pressure of time, timing, 'extra time', but whilst records are kept and histories written, there is little engagement with what time is or how and why it matters so much in sport. Uniquely written in 'real time', 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, memory, disability, gender, sports reporting, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport as well as more obvious aspects such as determining the length of a match and measuring and setting records. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, during the London Olympics, this book advances time and temporality as key features of sport in order to contribute to wider debates about time and mobilities, proving that we all live in sporting times.
Series Statement
Palgrave Pivot
Uniform Title
Palgrave pivot
Subject
  • Olympic Games 2012 : London, England)
  • Olympic Games
  • Sports > Sociological aspects
  • Time > Sociological aspects
  • Society
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-100) and index.
Contents
Out of the blocks : starting times -- Time and motion : methodologies and methods -- Memories -- Measuring time -- Future time -- Changing times and changing time.
ISBN
  • 9781137275356
  • 1137275359
  • 9781137275370 (canceled/invalid)
  • 1137275375 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781137275363 (canceled/invalid)
  • 1137275367 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2012532744
  • 10.1057/9781137275363
OCLC
  • ocn819719481
  • 819719481
  • SCSB-1682971
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library