Physical activity and sport in later life : critical perspectives /: critical perspectives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emmanuelle Tulle, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK and Cassandra Phoenix, University of Exeter, UK.
• Other Names: Tulle, Emmanuelle; Phoenix, Cassandra
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Rethinking Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life; Emmanuelle Tulle and Cassandra Phoenix; ; 2. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour: A Vital Politics of Old Age?; Emmanuelle Tulle; ; 3. Physical Activity and Narratives of Successful Ageing; Elizabeth Pike; ; 4. Fitness and Consumerism in Later Life; Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard; ; 5. Type 2 Diabetes and Commitment of Seniors to Adapted Physical Activity Within the French System of Therapeutic Education; Nathalie Barth and Claire Perrin; ; 6. Pathways to Masters Sport: Sharing Stories from Sport 'Continuers', 'Rekindlers' and 'Late Bloomers'; Rylee Dionigi; ; 7. Keeping It In The Family: The Generational Transmission Of Physical Activity; Victoria J. Palmer; ; 8. Later Life Physical Activity in Residential Care Settings; Mary Ann Kluge; ; 9. Physical Activity and dementia: Tai Chi as Narrative Care; Gary Kenyon; ; 10. The Multidimensionality of Pleasure in Later Life Physical Activity; Cassandra Phoenix and Noreen Orr; ; 11. The Contingencies of Exercise Science in a Globalizing World: Ageing Chinese Canadians and their Play and Pleasure in Exercise; Shannon Jette and Patricia Vertinsky; ; 12. Fell Running In Later Life: Irresponsible Intoxication Or existential Capital?; Sarah Nettleton; ; 13. Ageing and Embodied Masculinities in Sport and Physical Activity: From flesh to Theory and Back Again; Andrew C. Sparkes; ; 14. Ageing Women Still Play Games: (Auto)ethnographic Research in a Fitness Intervention Programme; Gertrud Pfister and Verena Lenneis; ; 15. Physical Activity Among Older Adults with Visual Impairment: Considerations for Ageing Well with Sight Loss; Meridith Griffin; ; 16. Local Environments and Activity in Later Life: Wellbeing Experiences in Green and Blue Spaces; Sarah Bell and Benedict Wheeler
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 613.7/0446; Exercise; Physical fitness for older people; Sports for older people; Exercise for older people; Aging -- Physiological aspects; Developmental/Adulthood & Aging; Gerontology; Sports & outdoor recreation; Lifestyle, sport & leisure; Age groups: the elderly; Psychology of ageing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137429339
• Related ISBNs: 113742933X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.