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Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies

Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Published: 6th Sep 2018
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 22mm
Weight: 574g
ISBN-10: 3319972375
ISBN-13: 9783319972374
Barcode No: 9783319972374
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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 the increasing phenomenon of extreme sports and extreme bodies in contemporary Western society, grounded in the sociology of sport, body studies and embodiment literature.

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