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The sporting body: Whose body is fit for sport?. Research Completed
Title
The sporting body: Whose body is fit for sport?.
Lead Author
C Obel and R Kerr
Organisation(s)
University of Otago
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society (2nd ed., pp. 335-354). South Melbourne: Thomson.
In this chapter, the authors consider: forms of classification of bodies for sports competitions; the influence of medical discourses on definitions of sex and physical ability as they are employed in systems of classification in sports events; the subjection of the athlete’s body to surveillance and self-surveillance that both empower and constrain it; the development of sports events for athletes with disabilities; challenges by athletes who may be hindered by classifications; and they discuss the idea of the body as a cyborg, whereby the boundaries between ‘humanness’ and technology become blurred.
