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Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life

Critical Perspectives

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Emmanuelle Tulle

    1. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

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  2. Cassandra Phoenix

    1. University of Exeter, UK

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Part of the book series: Global Culture and Sport Series (GCS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Rethinking Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life

    • Emmanuelle Tulle, Cassandra Phoenix
    Pages 1-8

  3. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour: A Vital Politics of Old Age?

    • Emmanuelle Tulle
    Pages 9-20

  4. Physical Activity and Narratives of Successful Ageing

    • Elizabeth C. J. Pike
    Pages 21-31

  5. Fitness and Consumerism in Later Life

    • Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard
    Pages 32-42

  6. Type 2 Diabetes and Commitment of Seniors to Adapted Physical Activity within the French System of Therapeutic Education

    • Nathalie Barth, Claire Perrin
    Pages 43-53

  7. Pathways to Masters Sport: Sharing Stories from Sport ‘Continuers’, ‘Rekindlers’ and ‘Late Bloomers’

    • Rylee A. Dionigi
    Pages 54-68

  8. Keeping It in the Family: The Generational Transmission of Physical Activity

    • Victoria J. Palmer
    Pages 69-80

  9. Physical Activity Programmes in Residential Care Settings

    • Mary Ann Kluge
    Pages 81-91

  10. Physical Activity and Dementia: Tai Chi as Narrative Care

    • Gary Kenyon
    Pages 92-100

  11. The Multidimensionality of Pleasure in Later Life Physical Activity

    • Cassandra Phoenix, Noreen Orr
    Pages 101-112

  12. The Contingencies of Exercise Science in a Globalising World: Ageing Chinese Canadians and their Play and Pleasure in Exercise

    • Shannon Jette, Patricia Vertinsky
    Pages 113-123

  13. Fell Running in Later Life: Irresponsible Intoxication or Existential Capital?

    • Sarah Nettleton
    Pages 124-136

  14. Ageing and Embodied Masculinities in Physical Activity Settings: From Flesh to Theory and Back Again

    • Andrew C. Sparkes
    Pages 137-148

  15. Ageing Women Still Play Games: (Auto)ethnographic Research in a Fitness Intervention

    • Gertrud Pfister, Verena Lenneis
    Pages 149-160

  16. Physical Activity among Older Adults with Visual Impairment: Considerations for Ageing Well with Sight Loss

    • Meridith Griffin
    Pages 161-174

  17. Local Environments and Activity in Later Life: Meaningful Experiences in Green and Blue Spaces

    • Sarah L. Bell, Benedict W. Wheeler
    Pages 175-186

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 187-189
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About this book

This volume addresses key issues such as the cultural and discursive context in which physical activity is discussed; the process of becoming physically active; the role of care settings in enabling physical activity; pleasure; gender; and place and space.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

    Emmanuelle Tulle

  • University of Exeter, UK

    Cassandra Phoenix

About the editors

Nathalie Barth, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France. Sarah Bell, University of Exeter, UK. Rylee A. Dionigi, Charles Sturt University, Australia. Chris Gilleard , University College London, UK. Meridith Griffin, McMaster University, Canada. Paul Higgs, University College London, UK. Shannon Jette, University of Maryland, USA. Gary Kenyon, St. Thomas University, Canada. Verena Lenneis, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Sarah Nettleton, University of York, UK. Victoria J. Palmer, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Claire Perrin, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France. Gertrud Pfister, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Elizabeth Pike, University of Chichester, UK. Andrew C. Sparkes, Leeds Beckett University, England. Patricia Vertinsky, University of British Columbia, Canada. Benedict Wheeler, University of Exeter, UK.

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