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Sporting Times

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Kath Woodward

    1. Open University, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Out of the Blocks: Starting Times

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 1-14

  3. Time and Motion: Methodologies and Methods

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 15-29

  4. Memories

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 30-45

  5. Measuring Time

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 46-63

  6. Future Time

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 64-80

  7. Changing Times and Changing Time

    • Kath Woodward
    Pages 81-93

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 94-104
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About this book

Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Open University, UK

    Kath Woodward

About the author

Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the Open University, UK. Her interests bring together feminist theory, gender studies and sport. She is author of Boxing, Masculinity and Identity, Social Sciences: The Big Issues, Why Feminism Matters, Embodied Sporting Practices, and Sex, Power and the Games.

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