Riding for the rest of Us: A practical guide for adult riders.

Basingstoke-New York, Palgrave Macmillan 2005, cm.15,5x23,5, pp.234, brossura, cop.fig.a col. Buon esempl. What do we mean when we talk about "the body"? This reader challenges the assumption that it can be invoked as a neutral, or indeed natural, point of reference in critical discussion or cultural practice. The essays collected here foreground the historical construction of "the body" throughout a range of discourses from the modern to the postmodern, and seek to present it not as a biological "given," but as a contestable signifier in the articulation of identities.

Ill.by Ann Blackstone. Photos by Cherry Hill and Richard Klimesh. Storey Books 1991, cm.21,5x27, pp.183, ill.a colori. ssoftcover. Like all other athletes, horseback riders benefit from both mental and physical training. Here Cherry Hill offers a range of techniques to help you reach your full potential as a rider, whether your interest is in recreational riding or formal dressage. Here is the essential mental aspect of riding that is missing in so many how-to books on riding.