The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement

A Biocultural Perspective

Robert R. Sands, Linda R. Sands (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

366 Seiten

2012
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2940-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Robert R. Sands is a consultant for the Department of Defense for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture programs. Linda R. Sands is a wildlife biologist and project scientist with CH2M HILL.

1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 I. Foundations Chapter 5 1. Anthropology Revisits Sport through Human Movement Chapter 6 2. Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 7 3. From Landscapes to Playscapes: The Evolution of Play in Humans and Other Animals Part 8 II. Evolution of Human Running The Precursor to Sport Chapter 9 4. Endurance Predator Chapter 10 5. Thermoregulation and Hydrating Strategies in Human Evolution Chapter 11 6. Homo cursor: Running into the Pleistocene Part 12 III. Culture, Genes, Race, and Performance Chapter 13 7. Traditional and Modern Running Culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya: a Historical and Anthropological Perspective Chapter 14 8. Black Like Me The Shared Origins of Humanity and Why We Are Different Chapter 15 9. 'White' Men Can't Run: Where is the Scientific Evidence? Part 16 IV. Past, Present, and Future Chapter 17 10. The Paleolithic Athlete: The Original Cross Trainer Chapter 18 11. When Pain = Strain = No Gain: The 'Physiology of St

Co-Autor	Jon Entine, Bernd Heinrich, Clifford Geertz
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 225 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-7391-2940-6 / 0739129406
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2940-1 / 9780739129401
Zustand	Neuware