Stadium, Theatre, Prison: Ways of seeking »sports space«.

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  • John Bale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ffi.v20i1.31698

Resumé

The stadium can be read in a variety of ways. The metaphors of theatre, the garden and prison are used to illustrate the relations between players and spectators, ‘nature’ and ‘culture’, and freedom and constraint. The application of such metaphors reveals the stadium as a site of ambiguity.

Forfatterbiografi

John Bale

John Bale, gæsteprofessor ved Center for Idræt, Århus Universitet.

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Publiceret

2004-08-17

Citation/Eksport

Bale, J. (2004). Stadium, Theatre, Prison: Ways of seeking »sports space«. Forum for Idræt, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/ffi.v20i1.31698

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Forum for Idræt - Generelt