Sporting Times [electronic resource] /
Woodward, K.author.
Written 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, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Out of the Blocks: Starting Times; 2 Time and Motion: Methodologies and Methods; 3 Memories; 4 Measuring Time; 5 Future Time; 6 Changing Times and Changing Time; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written 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, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Human body-Social aspects.
Sports.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of the Body.
Popular Science in Sports.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.