Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport

by Gerald R. Gems

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Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport explores the historical role of sport in the prescription for mental and physical health through the epidemic of neurasthenia, a debilitating neurological disorder that afflicted American society throughout the latter nineteenth century. Gerald R. Gems argues that the practice of sport and sport spectatorship, which grew concomitantly with the onset and spread of neurasthenia, provided both a...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:166695506X

ISBN13:9781666955064

Release Date:July 2024

Publisher:Lexington Books

Length:222 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

History Psychology Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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