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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.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life
Book Subtitle: Critical Perspectives
Editors: Emmanuelle Tulle, Cassandra Phoenix
Series Title: Global Culture and Sport Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-42932-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-42931-5Published: 14 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-42932-2Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-3404
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3412
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 189
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Medical Sociology, Sport Psychology, Popular Science in Medicine and Health