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Examining Sport Histories: Power, Paradigms & Reflexivity
Pringle R
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Description for Examining Sport Histories: Power, Paradigms & Reflexivity
Paperback. Editor(s): Pringle, Richard; Phillips, Murray. Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book explores the ways in which post-modernist and post-structural approaches can enrich the study of the sporting past. Throughout the chapters, the internationally respected authors draw from their own vast experiences within the study of sport history to collectively promote post-modernism and post-structuralism as forms of social theory that can guide the future of sport historical research. The book demonstrates how sport studies scholars might be more adventurous in their thinking, research, and writing.
This book explores the ways in which post-modernist and post-structural approaches can enrich the study of the sporting past. Throughout the chapters, the internationally respected authors draw from their own vast experiences within the study of sport history to collectively promote post-modernism and post-structuralism as forms of social theory that can guide the future of sport historical research. The book demonstrates how sport studies scholars might be more adventurous in their thinking, research, and writing.
Product Details
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Morgantown, WV, United States
ISBN
9781935412373
SKU
V9781935412373
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99-2
About Pringle R
Richard Pringle is an associate professor of socio-cultural studies of sport at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is the co-author (with Pirkko Markula) of Foucault, Sport and Exercise: Power, Knowledge and Transforming the Self (2006) and serves on the editorial boards of Sociology of Sport Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education and Annals of ... Read more
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