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Somaesthetics and sport / edited by Andrew Edgar.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in somaesthetics ; Volume 5.
- Studies in somaesthetics ; Volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Psychological aspects.
- Sports.
- Sports--Physiological aspects.
- Movement, Aesthetics of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- Somaesthetics and Sport brings together a diverse set of explorations into the embodied experience of watching and playing sport. Sport can at once be a source of sensual beauty and pleasure, and also of pain and anguish; spectators can both celebrate and glorify athletes, but also expect certain forms of behaviour, and intentionally or otherwise police the movements of their bodies; sport and physical exercise can improve our health and increase the self-awareness of our abilities and limitations, but they also help us to shape our sense of what it means to live a good life.
- Contents:
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Andrew Edgar
- 1 A Dove in Flight Metaphysical Shackles, Transformative Soaring, and Sportive Somaesthetics
- Jes ú s Ilund á in-Agurruza
- 2 Somaesthetics and Sport?
- Graham McFee
- 3 Sport and the Body An Aesthetic Inquiry
- William J . Morgan
- 4 Changing Perceptions of Beautiful Bodies The Athletic Agency Model
- Peg Brand Weiser
- 5 The Sachin Mandala Somaesthetic Construction of a Cricket Legend
- Vinod Balakrishnan
- 6 Somaesthetics of the Grunt Policing Femininity in the Soundscapes of Women's Professional Tennis
- Anita Stahl
- 7 Somatic Reflection during Skilled Action
- John Toner and Barbara Gail Montero
- 8 Yoga as World Literature Somaesthetic Ekphrasis and (Mis)Translation
- Claire Solomon
- 9 Difficult Activities - Difficult Experiences
- Matti Tainio
- 10 Sport and Pain
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Edgar, Andrew Somaesthetics and Sport
- ISBN:
- 9789004510654
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004510654 DOI
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