Body cultures : essays on sport, space and identity

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Body cultures : essays on sport, space and identity

Henning Eichberg ; edited by John Bale and Chris Philo ; with a contribution by Susan Brownell

Routledge, 1998

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Selections. 1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Body Cultures explores the relationship between the body, sport and landscape. This book presents the first critically edited collection of Henning Eichberg's provocative essays into 'body culture'. Eichberg, a well-known scholar in continental Europe who draws upon the ideas of Elias, Focault, Habermas and others, is now attracting considerable interest from Anglo-American sociologists, historians and geographers. This collection has been extensively edited to highlight Eichberg's most important arguments and themes. Introductory essays from the editors and Susan Brownell provide clear explanations and interpretations as well as a biography of Eichberg.

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List of figures, Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, Introductory essays, Essays by Henning Eichberg, The body in space, Bodies, cultures and identities, Towards a new paradigm, Index

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