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The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement
A Biocultural Perspective
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The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement
A Biocultural Perspective
About this book
The evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture, and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport, games, and competition serve as a nexus for humanity's innate fixation on movement and social activity, and these activities have served throughout history to encourage the proliferation of human culture for any number of exclusive or inclusive motivations: money, fame, health, spirituality, or social and cultural solidarity.
The study of anthropology, as presented in Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement, provides a scope that offers a critical and discerning perspective on the complex calculus involving human biological and cultural variation that produces human movement and performance. Each chapter of this compelling collection resonates with the theme of a tightly woven relationship of biology and culture, of evolutionary implications and contemporary biological and cultural expression.
The study of anthropology, as presented in Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement, provides a scope that offers a critical and discerning perspective on the complex calculus involving human biological and cultural variation that produces human movement and performance. Each chapter of this compelling collection resonates with the theme of a tightly woven relationship of biology and culture, of evolutionary implications and contemporary biological and cultural expression.
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Yes, you can access The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement by Robert R. Sands,Linda R. Sands in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sozialwissenschaften & Sozialphilosophie. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Foundations
- Chapter 1: Anthropology Revisits Sport through Human Movement
- Chapter 2: Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man
- Chapter 3: From Landscapes to Playscapes: The Evolution of Play in Humans and Other Animals
- Part II: Evolution of Human Running: The Precursor to Sport
- Chapter 4: Endurance Predator
- Chapter 5: Thermoregulation and Hydrating Strategies in Human Evolution
- Chapter 6: Homo cursor: Running into the Pleistocene
- Part III: Culture, Genes, Race, and Performance
- Chapter 7: Traditional and Modern Running Culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya: A Historical and Anthropological Perspective
- Chapter 8: Black Like Me: The Shared Origins of Humanity and Why We Are Different
- Chapter 9: “White” Men Can’t Run: Where is the Scientific Evidence?
- Part IV: Past, Present, and Future
- Chapter 10: The Paleolithic Athlete: The Original Cross Trainer
- Chapter 11: When Pain = Strain = No Gain: The “Physiology of Strain” and Exercise Intensity, c. 1850–1920
- Chapter 12: Throwing like a Brazilian: On Ineptness and a Skill-Shaped Body
- Chapter 13: The DREAM Gene for the Posthuman Athlete: Reducing Exercise-Induced Pain Sensations Using Gene Transfer
- Contributors