Lecture 11: Modern sport part 3 Flashcards
mass mobility (bikes)
cheap transportation and will not wear out
better than horse and cheaper
-high urbanization with industrialization
-manure crisis
gender norms (bike)
women were normally wearing corset for hour glass
-changed to bloomer
-susan b anthony
-wouldnt take bloomers off after riding bike
women started competing in races
mass competitive sport
safety bike increases overall popularity
not just for scorchers
dunlop race 1894
in toronto
sponsored by bike manufacture company
20 miles and fixed gear
6 day race
indoor track event people could buy tickets
-longest distance over 6 days
used to be 1 man event
william torchy pedan
1906 vic bc
-big sponsorship
earned 50k a year
babe ruth = 80k a year
how is cycling unique
unwritten rule that when someone else has bike issue or needs to pee you stop and wait
paradox
cycling is known for doping which counteracts unwritten rule
eaton catalogue
mail order and comes out same time as cpr
- makes it easy to deliver goods
- equipment is cheap and easy to get
better roads movement
easier and nicer for biking
push for better roads for cycle promotion
actually helps cars
-NA has bad roads cause of low density
How are sports product of industrialization?
MIDTERM Q!
equality, standardization and communication
-cpr, mail order, gender equality cause of bike
increased competition becuase of travel and standardization
taylorism and standardized time
film increases science of sport
varda burtsy
patriarchy is challenged by moving to cities
men have low skill job and work for someone else
-sport considered compensation for emasculation
varda bursty counterargument
sport is considered to be escape from industrial workplace
higher push for rec spaces - stanley park
cities comply
