Sport and Performance in the Twenty-First Century

Analyzing sport through the lens of performance and theorizing performance through the lens of sport, this book is an investigation of the intersection between sport performances and public life in the historical present in the global north.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Sport and the Field of Performance
Chapter 1: Performance Genres, Sport, and Match-fixing at the 2012 Olympic Games
Chapter 2: Configurations and Formations: The Patterning of Behaviour in Performance Activities and the Practice of Women’s Basketball
Chapter 3: The Patterning of Audience Behaviours and Hockey in Canada
Chapter 4: Sequences of Action Across Genres: Injury Mini-Dramas and American Football
Chapter 5: Gestural Marks in Sport Performance, The Genealogy of the Butterfly, and the Refugee Olympic Team
Appendix 1
Index

Info autore

Kelsey Blair is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University in Montreal. She is a theatre, performance, and cultural studies scholar, a university teacher, an author, and a freelance writer.

Riassunto

Analyzing sport through the lens of performance and theorizing performance through the lens of sport, this book is an investigation of the intersection between sport performances and public life in the historical present in the global north.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kelsey Blair, Blair Kelsey
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032231280
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3223128-0
• Pagine: 140
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, manuali, annuari, storia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PERFORMING ARTS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Sport science, physical education, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Physical Education