Culture on Ice
"A brilliant exploration of the fascinating world of figure skating. It includes a detailed history of the sport from its earliest beginnings and delves into its many facets. A superb and thoughtful work." - Eugene Turner, figure skating champion; "Kestnbaum's writing is lucid and often elegant, the material artfully arranged. Truly impressive." - Helena Mitchie, Professor of English, Rice University
Figure skating is one of the most popular spectator sports in the U.S., yet it eludes definitive categorization. In this engaging new book, Ellyn Kestnbaum examines figure skating from multiple perspectives: as sport, as performance, and even as spectacle, guiding the reader through both the technical aspects of skating and the sometimes convoluted rules of figure skating competition. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Wesleyan University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780819566423
- Utgivelsesår
- 2003
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"A brilliant exploration of the fascinating world of figure skating. It includes a detailed history of the sport from its earliest beginnings and delves into its many facets. A superb and thoughtful work." - Eugene Turner, figure skating champion; "Kestnbaum's writing is lucid and often elegant, the material artfully arranged. Truly impressive." - Helena Mitchie, Professor of English, Rice University