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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Sport History"”.
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Sport, games, women and warriors: an historical and philosophical examination of the early Irish Ulster cycle
… relating to the nature and significance of sport-like activity in the ancient world. Taking the tales of the Ulster Cycle as its data, this thesis adopts a method of analysis which combines aspects of historical and postmodern philosophical processes. The relationships between and among …
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Jews and British Sport: integration, ethnicity and anti-semitism, c1880-c1960
Between the 1890s and the 1960s, sport had a distinctive and varied impact on the social, cultural, political and economic life of the British Jewish community. During this period, Anglo-Jewry developed a clear sporting tradition, in both a direct and indirect sense, and their participation in the …
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Strength in numbers : "Strength & Health" brand community from 1932-1964
… with weights, which he emphasized through the sport of weightlifting, and he sought to showcase America’s strength as a nation in the form of Olympic and world championships. Hoffman maintained a presence in the Iron Game until his health began to decline in the late 1970s. Hoffman and his …
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Sport and Physical Education in the Northern Mainland Burghs of Scotland c. 1600-1800
British sport history has become a serious branch of historical enquiry over the past three decades. Yet, many questions as regards regions, chronology, space, gender and power remain unexplored, especially in Scotland before 1800. This study examines sport and physical education in the northern …
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"""Circle more before you land"": An ethnography of feminist leader Dr. Charlotte West"
… West. Material was derived from a series of oral history interviews conducted over a nine-year period starting in 2005 as part of my master’s degree program and then used as a primary resource for my dissertation. Born in 1932, Charlotte is still living, volunteering her time to a variety of …
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From masculine myths to girl power realities: The athletic female body and the legend of Title IX
… brought dramatic changes to America’s female sporting landscape. During this time, the athletic female body, once feared and considered deviant, has emerged as a nationally celebrated and highly commodified popular icon. According to popular narratives, this change in cultural perceptions can …
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Traditional Practices and Negotiating Settler Colonial Society: An Exploration of Sport and Physical Culture Within the Siksika Nation
Understanding how sport and physical culture can support decolonization and cultural resurgence, the Siksika Nation plans to build a sports hall of fame and history exhibit to share their stories of sport and achievement. Currently, most halls of fame lack Indigenous representation and fail to …
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Female Equestrian Culture in France, 1600-1715
… within the scholarship on early modern women’s sport, elite femininity and corporeal culture in seventeenth-century France. It also positions the analysis of equestrian garments within current trends in fashion and dress history. Chapter I examines definitions of female athleticism in medical …
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Ballparks as America: The Fan Experience at Major League Baseball Parks in the Twentieth Century
This dissertation is a history of the change in form and location of ballparks that explains why that change happened, when it did, and what this tells us about broader society, about hopes and fears, and about tastes and prejudices. It uses case studies of five important and trend-setting …
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Who makes the game? Examining private ownership in professional sports
… in the major North American professional sports leagues. Despite drawbacks that are apparent to players, fans, media, and scholars, private ownership has been taken for granted as the natural way of organizing professional sport. This analysis argues that private ownership became the norm …