Autor: Patricia Vertinsky

A visual history of female bodybuilders and other muscular women from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. …

During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on ‚the body‘ in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture – that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance …

The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, …

Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological ba …

During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on ‚the body‘ in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture – that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance …

During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on ‚the body‘ in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture – that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance …

Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological ba …

Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological ba …

The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, …

The study of built environments such as gymnasiums, football stadiums, swimmimg pools and skating rinks provides unique information about the historical enclosure of the gendered and sexualised body, …

The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education, who pioneered the dev …

The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education, who pioneered the dev …

Roberta J. Park has been throughout her distinguished career a scholar with a mission – to win academic recognition of the significance of the body in culture and cultures. Her scholarship has earned …

Roberta J. Park has been throughout her distinguished career a scholar with a mission – to win academic recognition of the significance of the body in culture and cultures. Her scholarship has earned …

During the last four decades women’s and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of t …

During the last four decades women’s and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of t …

Educating the Body presents a history of physical education in Canada, shedding light on its major advocates, innovators, and institutions. The book traces the major developments in physical educatio …

Educating the Body presents a history of physical education in Canada, shedding light on its major advocates, innovators, and institutions. The book traces the major developments in physical educatio …