Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Memory and Monument: The Gymnasium as War Memorial; Designing the Million Dollar Gym: Modernism and Masculinity; 'Power Geometries': Disciplining the Gendered Body in the Spaces of the War Memorial Gymnasium; Recreating the Student Body: The Bowling Wars; Gold-Plated Footballs and Orchids for Girls, A 'Palace of Sweat' For Men; Designing Discipline: The Architecture of a Gymnasium; According to Plan: Remembering to Forget; No Body/ies in the Gym; Notes on Contributors; Notes
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Summary
Architecture and design have been used to exert control over bodies, across lines of class, gender and race. They regulate access to certain spaces and facilities, impose physical or psychological barriers, and make particular activities possible for specific groups
