Abstract
This epilogue raises questions inspired by the previous chapters that will hopefully promote further scholarly investigations of the performing, competitive body in its social and political contexts. My focus is on physical co-presence and its role in the modern era. What can we learn about contemporary society’s ideological stance on the physical body through the analysis of sporting performances? What are the stakes of considering sports and physical culture in terms of performance in the current historical moment, in post-industrial nations, in increasingly digital societies that embrace communication via invisible waves, screens, and speakers? What is the role of sporting performance when the post-industrial world is lurching between the field and the screen, between organic and the algorithmic?
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