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Title Disciplining bodies in the gymnasium [electronic resource] : memory, monument, modernism / editors, Patricia Vertinsky, Sherry McKay.

Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 223 p. : ill.
Series Sport in the global society, 1368-9789
Sport in the global society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-221) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject War Memorial Gymnasium (Vancouver, B.C.) -- Case studies.
Gymnasiums -- British Columbia -- Design and construction -- Case studies.
Architecture and society -- British Columbia -- Case studies.
Modern movement (Architecture) -- British Columbia -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Vertinsky, Patricia Anne, 1942-
McKay, Sherry.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0714655104
0714684090 (pbk.)

 
    
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