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1. Study Skills for Sports Studies

   By Tara Magdalinski

   Starting university can be a daunting prospect, as students come to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking. Studying sport at university poses particular challenges, with students often engaged in playing or coaching sport alongside their studies and having unconventional working...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport, Technology and the Body

   The Nature of Performance

   By Tara Magdalinski

   What is the nature of athletic performance? This book offers an answer to this fascinating question by considering the relationship between sport, technology and the body. Specifically, it examines cultural resistance to the enhancement of athletes and explores the ways in which performance...

   Published October 27th 2008 by Routledge
3. With God on their Side

   Sport in the Service of Religion

   Edited by Timothy Chandler, Tara Magdalinski

   'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the...

   Published July 17th 2002 by Routledge