Plasticity in motion : sport, gender, and biopolitics / Robert M. Foschia

Introduction -- The Brain of Death: Impressibility, Population, and Serena Williams' Return to Tennis -- The Brain of the Gut: The Biological Unconscious in the NBA's Age of Anxiety -- Indifference and Repetition: Destructive Plasticity, Injury, and Resilient Subjects -- The Brain of Care: Sports Medicine, Pharmacology, and Narcosis -- The Brain of Mathematics: Stupidity, Calculation, and Visual Pleasure -- Coach Killjoy: Feminist Snaps and the Female Sovereign -- The Brain of the Future: Childhood, Wonder, and Youth Sports..

"This book draws on Catherine Malabou's work on plasticity, investigating the transformative power of sport both in its ability to positively shape and, conversely, to destroy. Foschia positions sport as the ontological and discursive force that shapes how we work, watch, and play"--.

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2022]

Erschienen:

Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books ; 2022

Weitere Ausgaben:

Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe: Plasticity in motion

Reihe:

Communicating gender

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Foschia, Robert M., 1987- [VerfasserIn]

Links:

search.ebscohost.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-1-7936-3959-2

Themen:

Adaptability (Psychology)
Brain
Feminism and sports
Philosophy of mind
Sports for women
Women athletes

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (x, 210 Seiten)

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1833801482