Pt. I. The cultural nexus: sports medicine and the commercial body -- 1. Investigating sports medicine: medical anthropology in context -- 2. Amateur pastime to professional spectacle -- 3. Sporting bodies: mortal engines -- Pt. II. Pain, injury and the culture of risk -- 4. Pain and injury: signal and response -- 5. The importance of injury in the commercialised world of sport -- 6. Risk culture as a 'product' -- Pt. III. Theory into practice -- 7. Distinctive community: the Welsh rugby club -- 8. Elite distance runners -- 9. Bodily dysfunction: the Paralympics as an arena for risk -- App. I. Changes in the laws of rugby union: amendments to the laws of the game to be implemented in the Northern Hemisphere from 1 September 1996 -- App. II. Changes in the laws of rugby union: amendments to the laws of the game effective as of 4 November 1996 -- App. III. High-risk situations in rugby union -- App. IV. Pain relief -- App. V. Contents of the medical kitbag as used at Valley RFC
Summary
"Sport, Professionalism and Pain bridges a perceived space in the literature between medical anthropology, medical sociology and sport studies, examining issues such as: the relationship between sports medicine, the body and culture; the power struggle between sport administrators and participants; and the historical transformation of sports medicine."--BOOK JACKET
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