Sherry Mckay, Patricia Vertinsky

Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium (eBook, PDF)

Memory, Monument, Modernity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The prize-winning War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is discussed here, examining what the building's design, construction and shifting functions reveal about the university's values during the post-war years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135758127
• Artikelnr.: 42983291

Autorenporträt

Sherry Mckay, Patricia Vertinsky

Inhaltsangabe

1. Memory and Monument: Gymnasium as War Memorial 2. Designing the Million
Dollar Gym: Modernism and Masculinity 3. 'Power Geometries': Disciplining
the Gendered Body in the Spaces of the War Memorial Gymnasium 4. recreating
the Student body: The Bowling Wars 5. Gold-Plated Footballs and Orchids for
Girls, A 'Palace of Sweat' For Men 6. Designing Discipline: The
Architecture of a Gymnasium 7. According to Plan: Remembering to Forget 8.
No Body/ies in the Gym