{"product_id":"sports-and-aging-a-prescription-for-longevity-hardback-9781496226006","title":"Sports and Aging; A Prescription for Longevity (Hardback) 9781496226006","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSports and Aging\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Prescription for Longevity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerald R. Gems (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496226006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 6 photographs, 1 appendix, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.624 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSports and Aging\u003c\/i\u003e includes inspiring narratives from a wide variety of individuals and a vast array of cultures and different ages to explore the way people who exercise regularly have embraced a healthy lifestyle and found meaning through exercise and in their communities. These essays are thoughtful and reflective accounts of the lived experience of aging practitioners of sport and physical activity. . . . [This book] will inspire others to join communities of movement, exercise, and fitness in a time when health and the communal are becoming increasingly important.”-Susan J. Bandy, professor in the Sport and Humanities Program at Ohio State University\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Focusing on the lives of people from different ethnic groups, cultures, religions, and ages, this book is an important contribution to aging studies, which often lack such an intercultural and intersectional approach. . . . The fourteen stories of individuals show that there is neither one way of aging nor one way how one should age, and that the importance of physical activity and sport is different for each person throughout their life.”-Annette R. Hofmann, professor at the Ludwigsburg University of Education and president of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a 2023 \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSports and Aging\u003c\/i\u003e a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social classes, and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and educational backgrounds to determine whether there are any common characteristics that can promote long, happy, healthy, and meaningful lifespans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this fresh look at the role of sports in the process of aging, contributors range from a ninety-six-year-old great-grandmother to a former Olympian. Many contributors have used education to better their lot in life or to find solace and meaning in the service of others. For all, sports or physical activity has enhanced their health and temperament and provided a sense of community.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Gerald R. Gems\u003cbr\u003e 1. A History of Aging\u003cbr\u003e Gerald R. Gems\u003cbr\u003e 2. Life with a Purpose\u003cbr\u003e Frances Gems\u003cbr\u003e 3. Looking Back\u003cbr\u003e Tony Kaleth\u003cbr\u003e 4. It Was Not Easy!\u003cbr\u003e Maha Ebeid\u003cbr\u003e 5. My Life of Physical Activity and Fitness\u003cbr\u003e James R. Coates Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 6. Aging, Antiaging, and Infinite Youth in Taiwan\u003cbr\u003e Chia-Ju Yen\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Matter of Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Samuel O. Regalado\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dance until the Music Stops\u003cbr\u003e Tansin Benn\u003cbr\u003e 9. Carpe Diem\u003cbr\u003e Luciane Lauffer\u003cbr\u003e 10. Aging as an Adventure\u003cbr\u003e M. Ann Hall\u003cbr\u003e 11. An Antiaging Sporting Life in an Aging Society\u003cbr\u003e Kohei Kawashima\u003cbr\u003e 12. Going Strong\u003cbr\u003e Gary Osmond\u003cbr\u003e 13. On a Meaningful Life with Sport as a Permanent Companion\u003cbr\u003e Else TrangbÆ\u003cbr\u003ek\u003cbr\u003e 14. Making a Difference\u003cbr\u003e Janice J. Crosswhite\u003cbr\u003e 15. Fit, Fun, Forever Young\u003cbr\u003e Gertrud Pfister\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Gerald R. Gems\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Aging Project Survey\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599913742616,"sku":"9781496226006","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sports-and-aging-a-prescription-for-longevity-hardback-9781496226006","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}