Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures

Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and analysed, such as various aspects of the turner and gymnastic movements, the transnational development of dance, competitive sport, non-competitive performance, and mountaineering.

Michael Krüger´s introductory chapter sets a framework for analysis with a historiographical and philosophical treatment of modern sport as an example of nationalism, internationalism and cultural imperialism. The succeeding chapters discuss the confrontation of commercialization with national interests, the importance of gender in the construction of various movement cultures, as well as the conditions and circumstances that effect societal and cultural change. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Annette Hofmann, Professor of Sports Studies at Ludwigsburg University of Education, ISHPES President, Academic Editor Europe of the IJHS. She has recently edited Gertrud: Global Scholar - Global SpiritI (2015) and License to Jump: A Story of Women’s Ski Jumping (2015).

Gerald Gems, Professor of Health and Physical Education at North Central College in Naperville, IL USA; past president of NASSH, current vice-president of ISHPES.

Maureen Smith, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at California State University, Sacramento, Smith is an active member in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, a past president of the North American Society for Sport History, and a Vice President of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport.