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Author:
Andreasson, Jesper, author.
Title:
Extreme sports, extreme bodies : gender, identities and bodies in motion / Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
ix, 248 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Extreme sports--Social aspects.
Bodybuilding--Social aspects.
Body image--Social aspects.
Ironman triathlons--Social aspects.
Other Authors:
Johansson, Thomas, 1959- author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
3319972375
9783319972374
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1042350700
LCCN:
2018949318
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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