Critical Geographies of Sport Space, Power and Sport in Global Perspective
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Biographical note
Natalie Koch is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA. Her current research focuses on state-making, nationalism, geopolitics, and authoritarianism, with a special interest in spectacle – both in urban landscapes and in events like national celebrations and sports. An elite cyclist herself, she has a long interest in the intersection between political geography and sport, and has published numerous articles in journals such as Political Geography, Urban Geography, Geoforum, Social and Cultural Geography, and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
<p><strong>"Overall, this is a valuable text that I would recommend to geographers and non-geographers alike. The collection successfully achieves its aim ‘to showcase the merits of a deeply geographic approach to the study of sport’ (p. 1). It is therefore deserving of a wider audience than those already persuaded by the usefulness of a geographic approach to studying sport…For non-geographers, this text provides a useful insight into what geography can offer as a disciplinary perspective and how core geographical concepts including space, place and scale can guide and frame studies of sport." - </strong><em>Catherine Waite, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics</em></p><p><strong>"The book's main virtue is sporting and geographical diversity. It is not dominated by the Olympics, men's football, the USA and Europe, like many other monographs and anthologies with a sports focus." - </strong><em>Karin Book, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmö University, Idrottsforum.org</em></p>
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Natalie Koch is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA. Her current research focuses on state-making, nationalism, geopolitics, and authoritarianism, with a special interest in spectacle – both in urban landscapes and in events like national celebrations and sports. An elite cyclist herself, she has a long interest in the intersection between political geography and sport, and has published numerous articles in journals such as Political Geography, Urban Geography, Geoforum, Social and Cultural Geography, and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers