Reimagining athletic nudity: The sexualization of sport as a sign of a 'porno-ization' of culture

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/71226401:_____/13:#0000059

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2012.753525" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2012.753525</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2012.753525" target="_blank" >10.1080/17430437.2012.753525</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Reimagining athletic nudity: The sexualization of sport as a sign of a 'porno-ization' of culture

Original language description

This paper traces some historical and contemporary instances in which sporting and other bodies naked physiques have been utilized to affect religious, social, ideological or political agendas. We argue that inherent aesthetic values of performative flesh have been lost (or minimized) in recent times which have, intentionally or otherwise, degraded and objectified the naked body. To satisfy society's insatiable consumer needs and desires, bodies, especially sporting bodies, have been sexualized to the extreme. This overt sexualization is symptomatic of a wider porno-ization of western (North American and European) culture and cultural products. Porno-ization (characterized by exploitative modes of production for pecuniary gain) has limited our contemporary readings, and respect for, the body and its educational, transformative, artistic and emancipatory potential. Tentative though our theorization may be, we call readers to appreciate athletic nudity anew to re-imagine the eroticism of

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0171" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0171: Strengthening scientific potential of the research teams in promoting physical aktivity at Palacky University</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sport in Society

ISSN

1743-0437

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

721-734

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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