Running, identity and meaning : the pursuit of distinction through sport

• Main Author: Baxter, Neil, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]
• Series: Emerald studies in sport and gender
• Subjects: Running > Social aspects.; Sports > Sociological aspects.; Sports & Recreation, Running & Jogging.; Marathon & cross-country running.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781800433687
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 pages).

Over the last forty years, running has grown from a niche sport for a handful of committed club athletes into one of the Western world's most popular pastimes. In Running, Identity and Meaning, Neil Baxter asks: What kinds of people have been drawn to running in such numbers? What do they seek...