{"product_id":"game-changer-rayvon-fouch-9781421421797","title":"Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow has technology challenged the notion of unadulterated athletic performance?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in \u003ci\u003eGame Changer\u003c\/i\u003e, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster. Technoscience, as Fouché dubs it, increasingly gives the edge (however slight) to the athlete with the latest gear, the most advanced training equipment, or the performance-enhancing drugs that are hardest to detect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revealing book, Fouché examines a variety of sports paraphernalia and enhancements, from fast suits, athletic shoes, and racing bicycles to basketballs and prosthetic limbs. He also takes a hard look at gender verification testing, direct drug testing, and the athlete biological passport in an attempt to understand the evolving place of technoscience across sport. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Fouché \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Examines the relationship among sport, science, and technology\u003cbr\u003e- Considers what is at stake in defining sporting culture by its scientific knowledge and technology\u003cbr\u003e- Provides readers and students with an informative and engagingly written study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on well-known athletes, including Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorius, Caster Semenya, Usain Bolt, and Lance Armstrong, Fouché argues that technoscience calls into question the integrity of games, records, and our bodies themselves. He also touches on attempts by sporting communities to regulate the use of technology, from elite soccer's initial reluctance to utilize goal-line technology to automobile racing's endless tweaking of regulatory formulas in an attempt to blur engineering potency and reclaim driver skill and ability. \u003ci\u003eGame Changer \u003c\/i\u003ewill change the way you look at sports--and the outsized impact technoscience has on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rayvon Fouché\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421421798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421421797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Rayvon Fouché","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934798643455,"sku":"9781421421797","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8d01ed28-e589-4f5c-820f-3056bede91f5.jpg?v=1681416112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/game-changer-rayvon-fouch-9781421421797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}