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Sport, technology and the body the nature of performance /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magdalinski, Tara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, c2009.
Subjects:
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Sports > physiological aspects.
Sports > Moral and ethical aspects.
Sports sciences.
Athletes > training of.
Performance technology.
Body image.
Human body > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : sport, the body and performance technology
  • The nature of sport
  • The nature of the body
  • The nature of performance
  • The nature of health
  • 'Those girls with sideburns' : enhancing the female body
  • Enhancing the body from without : artificial skins and other prosthetics
  • Drugs, sport and Australian identity
  • The performance of nature at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
  • Conclusion.

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