Somaesthetics and Sport /

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 fo...

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Other Authors: Edgar, Andrew (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Studies in Somaesthetics ; 05.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2022.

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Call Number: GV706.4

Table of 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
  • Andrew Edgar
  • Index.