Disciplining bodies in the gymnasium : memory, monument, modernism /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Vertinsky, Patricia Anne, 1942-, McKay, Sherry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Sport in the global society.
Subjects:
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 > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Architecture and society
Gymnasiums > Design and construction
Modern movement (Architecture)
British Columbia
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Memory and monument: the Gymnasium as War Memorial / Patricia Vertinsky
  • Designing the million dollar gym: modernism and masculinity / Patricia Vertinsky
  • 'Power geometries': disciplining the gendered body in the space of the War Memorial Gymnasium / Patricia Vertinsky
  • Recreating the student body: the bowling war / Stephen Petrina
  • Gold-plated footballs and orchids for girls, a 'palace of sweat' for men / Becki L. Ross and Erin Bentley
  • Designing discipline: the architecture of a gymnasium / Sherry McKay
  • According to plan: remembering to forget / Sherry McKay
  • No body/ies in the gym / Patricia Vertinsky, Sherry McKay, and Stephen Petrina.

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