Sport, technology and the body: the nature of performance

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction: sport, the body and performance technology

2. The nature of sport

3. The nature of the body

4. The nature of performance

5. The nature of health

6. 'Those girls with sideburns': enhancing the female body

7. Enhancing the body from without: artificial skins and other prosthetics

8. Drugs, sport and Australian identity

9. The performance of nature at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index