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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...

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Main Authors: Andreasson, Jesper (Author), Johansson, Thomas 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Extreme sports > Social aspects
Human body > Social aspects
Bodybuilding > Social aspects
Ironman triathlons > Social aspects
Gender identity
Body image > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Body studies and carnal sociology
  • Getting the pump : pain and pleasure in muscle-building practices
  • Negotiating the subcultural body
  • Bodybuilding : concluding thoughts
  • Discipline, transcendence and bodily fluids
  • The family puzzle in ironman triathlon
  • Ironman : concluding thoughts
  • Fists, blood and emotions
  • (Re)negotiating violence
  • MMA : concluding thoughts
  • Bodies in theory and practice

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