Bodies in the Gymnasium : Memory, Monument, Modernity.

Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vertinsky, Patricia A.
Otros Autores: McKay, Sherry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2004.
Temas:
War Memorial Gymnasium (Vancouver, B.C.) > Case studies.
War Memorial Gymnasium (Vancouver, C.-B.) > Études de cas.
War Memorial Gymnasium (Vancouver, B.C.)
Gymnasiums > British Columbia > Design and construction > Case studies.
Architecture and society > British Columbia > Case studies.
Modern movement (Architecture) > British Columbia > Case studies.
Architecture et société > Colombie-Britannique > Études de cas.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) > Colombie-Britannique > Études de cas.
Architecture and society
Gymnasiums > Design and construction
Modern movement (Architecture)
British Columbia
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Memory and Monument: The Gymnasium as War Memorial; Designing the Million Dollar Gym: Modernism and Masculinity; 'Power Geometries': Disciplining the Gendered Body in the Spaces of the War Memorial Gymnasium; Recreating the Student Body: The Bowling Wars; Gold-Plated Footballs and Orchids for Girls, A 'Palace of Sweat' For Men; Designing Discipline: The Architecture of a Gymnasium; According to Plan: Remembering to Forget; No Body/ies in the Gym; Notes on Contributors; Notes.
  • Select BibliographyIndex.

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