Physical Culture, Ethnography And The Body: Theory, Method And Praxis (qualitative Research In Sport And Physical Activity)
by Michael D. Giardina /
2017 / English / PDF
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The corporeal turn toward critical, empirically grounded studies
of the body is transforming the way we research physical culture,
most evidently in the study of sport. This book brings together
original insights on contemporary physical culture from key
figures working in a variety of disciplines, offering a wealth of
different theoretical and philosophical ways of engaging with the
body while never losing site of the material form of the research
act itself.
The corporeal turn toward critical, empirically grounded studies
of the body is transforming the way we research physical culture,
most evidently in the study of sport. This book brings together
original insights on contemporary physical culture from key
figures working in a variety of disciplines, offering a wealth of
different theoretical and philosophical ways of engaging with the
body while never losing site of the material form of the research
act itself.
Contributors spanning the disciplines of sociology, anthropology,
communications, and sport studies highlight conceptual,
methodological, and empirical approaches to the body that include
observant-participation, feminist ethnography, autoethnography,
physical cultural studies, and phenomenology. They provide vivid
case studies of embodied research on topics including basketball,
boxing, cycling, dance, fashion modelling and virtual gaming.
This international collection not only reflects on the most
important recent developments in embodied research practices, but
also looks forward to the continuing importance of the body as a
focus for research and the possibilities this presents for
studies of the active, moving body in physical culture and
beyond.
Contributors spanning the disciplines of sociology, anthropology,
communications, and sport studies highlight conceptual,
methodological, and empirical approaches to the body that include
observant-participation, feminist ethnography, autoethnography,
physical cultural studies, and phenomenology. They provide vivid
case studies of embodied research on topics including basketball,
boxing, cycling, dance, fashion modelling and virtual gaming.
This international collection not only reflects on the most
important recent developments in embodied research practices, but
also looks forward to the continuing importance of the body as a
focus for research and the possibilities this presents for
studies of the active, moving body in physical culture and
beyond.Physical Culture, Ethnography and the Body: Theory, method and
praxis
Physical Culture, Ethnography and the Body: Theory, method and
praxis is fascinating reading for all those interested in
physical cultural studies, the sociology of sport and leisure,
physical education or the body.
is fascinating reading for all those interested in
physical cultural studies, the sociology of sport and leisure,
physical education or the body.
