1st Edition
Researching Embodied Sport Exploring movement cultures
1. Researching embodied sport: an introduction (Ian Wellard) 2. Post-structuralism and embodiment in sport (Håkan Larsson) 3. Bodies in the zone (Kath Woodward) 4. Embodied movements in physical education: 200 years of organising bodies in schools (Suzanne Lundvall and Peter Schantz) 5. The loneliness of the fell runner (Michael Atkinson) 6. Body as aesthetic project (Angela Pickard) 7. Isolated embodiment in the gym (Ian Wellard) 8. Embodied practices in Korfball (Laura Gubby) 9. Basketball, embodiment and the everyday (Jim Cherrington) 10. Surfing friendships and encounters in the field (Georgina Roy) 11. Being Nosey: The body as an effective but flawed tool for research (Christopher R. Matthews) 12. Researching Action Sport with a GoPro™ Camera: An embodied and emotional mobile video tale of the sea, masculinity, and men-who-surf (Clifton Evers) 13. Researching disabled sporting bodies: Reflections from an ‘able’-bodied ethnographer (James Brighton) 14. Her life in movement: reflections on embodiment as a methodology (Adesola Akinleye) 15. An overview and final thoughts (Ian Wellard)
Biography
Ian Wellard is based in the School of Human and Life Sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His main research interests relate to embodied practices, physical activity, masculinities and sport. His previous books include Sport, Fun and Enjoyment and Sport, Masculinities and the Body, both for Routledge. Ian is also interested in participation and inclusive practices in physical education and youth sport and edited Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport, also for Routledge.
