Sites of Sport: Space, Place and Experience (Sport in the Global Society, 44)

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 body's capabilities, needs and desires. It illuminates the tensions between the globalising tendencies of sport and the importance of local culture and a sense of place. This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. At a time when the importance of spacial theories and spacial metaphors to sport is being increasingly recognised, this pioneering work on the changing landscape of sporting life will appeal to students of the history, sociology and management of sport. The Study Of Built Environments Such As Gymnasiums, Football Stadiums, Swimming Pools And Skating Rinks Provides Unique Information About The Historical Enclosure Of The Gendered And Sexualised Body, The Body's Capabilities, Needs And Desires. It Illuminates The Tensions Between The Globalising Tendencies Of Sport And The Importance Of Local Culture And A Sense Of Place. This Collection Uses Spatial Concepts And Examples To Examine The Nature And Development Of Sporting Practices. At A Time When The Importance Of Spatial Theories And Spatial Metaphors To Sport Is Being Increasingly Recognised, This Pioneering Work On The Changing Landscape Of Sporting Life Will Appeal To Students Of The History, Sociology And Management Of Sport.--jacket. Introduction / John Bale And Patricia Vertinsky -- Locating A 'sense Of Place': Space, Place And Gender In The Gymnasium / Patricia Vertinsky -- Sensing The Stadium / Chris Gaffney And John Bale -- Educative Pools: Water, School And Space In Twentieth-century France / Thierry Terret -- Freezing Social Relations: Ice, Rinks, And The Development Of Figure Skating / Mary Louise Adams -- Just Another Classroom? Observations Of Primary School Playgrounds / Sarah Thomson -- Putting Bodies On The Line: Marching Spaces In Cold War Culture / Charlotte Macdonald -- Homebush: Site Of The Clean/sed And Natural Australian Athlete / Tara Magdalinski -- Surf Lifesavers And Surfers: Cultural And Spatial Conflict On The Australian Beach / Douglas Booth -- Playing With Gravity: Mountains And Mountaineering / Peter Donnelly -- The Homoerotic Space Of Sport In Pornography / Brian Pronger -- The Space That (in)difference Makes: (re)producing Subjectivities In/through Abjection-a Locker Room Theoretical Study / Caroline Fusco -- For Pleasure? Or Profit?or Personal Health? College Gymnasia As Contested Terrain / Roberta J. Park. Editors, Patricia Vertinsky, John Bale. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-262) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 1. Locating a ‘Sense of Place......Page 19 2. Sensing the Stadium......Page 36 3. Educative Pools......Page 50 4. Freezing Social Relations......Page 68 5. Just Another Classroom?......Page 84 6. Putting Bodies on the Line......Page 96 7. Homebush......Page 112 8. Surf Lifesavers and Surfers......Page 126 9. Playing with Gravity......Page 142 10. The Homoerotic Space of Sport Pornography......Page 156 11. The Space that (in)Difference Makes......Page 170 12. For Pleasure? Or Profit?......Page 188 Notes......Page 216 Bibliography......Page 246 Notes on Contributors......Page 274 Index......Page 278 With the continued acceleration of globalization, the contexts in which we think about sport and physical culture, and the narratives we have woven about the places and spaces of our sporting past, are all coming under question as we try to understand a world we have not experienced before.1 This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built environments such as gymnasiums and football stadiums can provide unique information about the body's capabilities, needs and desires