Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies
Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion
This book investigates extreme sports, defined as sports in which athletes challenge and transgress societal perceptions of what is humanly possible to achieve, in terms of physical training and bodily development/performance. Situated within a growing body of literature analysing the impact of new training trends on an individual's body, identity, lifestyle and perception of his/her social surroundings, Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies focuses on the gendered and embodied experiences of bodybuilding, Ironman triathlon, and mixed martial arts.Through their ethnographic analysis, Andreasson and Johansson present a unique and updated account of t…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Johansson, Thomas
- ISBN: 978-3-319-97237-4
- EAN: 9783319972374
- Produktnummer: 27729143
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.9 cm 453 g
- Abbildungen: Book; 10 farbige Abbildungen, 10 farbige Tabellen, Bibliographie
- Gewicht: 453
Über den Autor
Jesper Andreasson is Associate Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden, researching predominantly in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport and gym/fitness culture. Thomas Johansson is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.
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