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Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers-none more so than synchronised swimmers. In this deeply researched history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance for the first time, from Victorian variety theatre and carnival shows to the 1984 elevation of synchronised swimming to Olympic status. Writing in eloquent prose, Valosik shows how early starlets like Lurline the Water Queen and Annette Kellerman boldly challenged restrictive codes set for women in water; more than just bathing beauties, they influenced lifesaving and physical-education programmes, dropped drowning rates and paved the way for new generations of female swimming athletes. Brimming with reverence and mesmerising detail, Swimming Pretty finally foregrounds an essential sport.
Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers-none more so than synchronised swimmers. In this deeply researched history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance for the first time, from Victorian variety theatre and carnival shows to the 1984 elevation of synchronised swimming to Olympic status. Writing in eloquent prose, Valosik shows how early starlets like Lurline the Water Queen and Annette Kellerman boldly challenged restrictive codes set for women in water; more than just bathing beauties, they influenced lifesaving and physical-education programmes, dropped drowning rates and paved the way for new generations of female swimming athletes. Brimming with reverence and mesmerising detail, Swimming Pretty finally foregrounds an essential sport.
Über den Autor
Vicki Valosik is a masters synchronized swimmer whose writing has appeared in publications such as the Atlantic, Smithsonian magazine, and Slate. She is an editorial director and teaches writing at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9781324093046 |
ISBN-10: | 1324093048 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Valosik, Vicki |
Hersteller: | WW Norton & Co |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 153 x 37 mm |
Von/Mit: | Vicki Valosik |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.07.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,71 kg |
Über den Autor
Vicki Valosik is a masters synchronized swimmer whose writing has appeared in publications such as the Atlantic, Smithsonian magazine, and Slate. She is an editorial director and teaches writing at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9781324093046 |
ISBN-10: | 1324093048 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Valosik, Vicki |
Hersteller: | WW Norton & Co |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 153 x 37 mm |
Von/Mit: | Vicki Valosik |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.07.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,71 kg |
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