The suffering body in sport : shifting thresholds of pain, risk and injury

• Other Authors: Young, Kevin, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 12.
• Subjects: Sports injuries > Social aspects.; Sports & Recreation > General.; Sociology: sport & leisure.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787560680 (e-book); 9781787560703 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) ; cm.

Public awareness of and sensitivity to questions of pain, risk and injury in sport is more acute than ever before. Whether it is questions of what sport (and fans) can realistically and responsibly expect of athletes, how revered practices almost inevitably culminate in suffering bodies, or the wide...