| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) |
| Series |
Research in the sociology of sport ; volume 12 |
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Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Kevin Young -- Sport and Risk Culture / Michael Atkinson -- The Rationalisation of Healthcare in Modern Sport : from Policy to Practice / Andrea Scott-Bell -- Risk in Lifestyle Sports : The Case of Parkour / Jeffrey Kidder -- An Enduring Event : 20 Years of one Athlete's Negotiation with Pain at the Ironman Triathlon World Championships / Scott Tinley -- Injury, Pain and Risk in the Paralympic Movement / Andrea Bundon -- Sports-Related Brain Injury : Concussion and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy / Katie Liston And Dominic Malcolm -- Going Public with Pain : Athlete Stories of Disordered Eating in Discourse / Kerry Mcgannon -- Suffering in Sport / Kristina Smith -- Complexities in Canadian Legal Approaches to Sports Injury / Martine Dennie and Kevin Young -- Regulating the Harmful, Injurious and Risky Business of Professional Wrestling / Karen Corteen -- When the Athletic Body Fades : Sporting Exit and Identity Transitions / Sarah Gairdner |
| Summary |
This volume approaches the study of pain, risk and injury in sport from a variety of social scientific perspectives. Contributions focus on the manifestations of pain, risk and injury within sport cultures, and the degree to which the research is rapidly expanding to include new ways of thinking about risky and painful 'suffering' in sport |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 12, 2019) |
| Subject |
Sports injuries -- Social aspects
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Athletic Injuries
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Sociology: sport & leisure.
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Sports & Recreation -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Young, Kevin, 1959- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787560680 |
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1787560686 |
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9781787560703 |
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1787560708 |
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