Shifting Currents A World History of Swimming.

A deep dive into the history of aquatics that exposes centuries-old tensions of race, gender, and power at the root of many contemporary swimming controversies. Shifting Currents is an original and comprehensive history of swimming. It examines the tension that arose when non-swimming northerners me...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carr, Karen Eva
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2022.
Temas:
Swimming > History.
Natation > Histoire.
Swimming
Electronic books.
History
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Learning to Swim
  • 1. Once Everyone Could Swim
  • 2. Leaving Africa
  • 3. A Northern Swimming Hole
  • 4. Danger, Sex, Gods and Strangers
  • 5. Learning to Swim
  • 6. Ancient Greece and Rome
  • 7. Soldiers and Divers
  • Part II: Forgetting How to Swim
  • 8. Medieval Asia
  • 9. Medieval Europe
  • 10. Central Asian Power
  • 11. A Famous Drowning
  • 12. The Little Ice Age
  • Part III: Still Swimming
  • 13. African Swimmers
  • 14. In the Americas
  • 15. China and the Pacific Ocean
  • 16. Floating for Witchcraft
  • 17. Ducking Stools
  • Part IV: Changing Places
  • 18. The Avant-garde
  • 19. The Middle Class
  • 20. Out with the Old, In with the New
  • 21. Swimming is So Last Century
  • 22. Everyone Out of the Water
  • Epilogue
  • Chronology
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgements
  • Photo Acknowledgements
  • Index

Ejemplares similares