David Howe

Sport, Professionalism and Pain

Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

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Produktbeschreibung

This exciting study explores ethical dilemmas in the relationship between sporting performance, sports medicine and the health of the athlete.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415247306
• ISBN-10: 0415247306
• Artikelnr.: 22249569

Autorenporträt

Prof. David Howe is a Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport in the School of Sport and Leisure at the University of Gloucestershire.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: Sports Medicine: Pain and Injury in Context 1.
Investigating Sports Medicine: Medical Anthropology in Context 2. Sporting
Bodies: Mortal Engines 3. Pain and Injury: Signal and Response Part Two:
Professionalism and Commercialism and the Culture of Risk 4. How
Professional Attitude Commercialises Sport 5. The Importance of Injury in
the Commercialised World of Sport 6. Risk Culture as 'a Product' Part
Three: Theory into Practice 7. Distinctive Community: The Welsh Rugby Club
8. At Any Cost: Success in Athletics 9. Bodily Dysfunction: The Paralympics
as an Arena for Risk Afterward Part Four: Conclusions