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

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...

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Main Author Baxter, Neil (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]
SeriesEmerald studies in sport and gender
Subjects
Running > Social aspects.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800433687
DOI10.1108/9781800433663
Physical Description1 online resource (232 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • chapter 1. Introduction : why running matters
  • chapter 2. Researching running : embodiment, lifestyle and identity
  • chapter 3. The evolution of a field : a brief history of running as sport in Britain
  • chapter 4. Running the numbers : quantitative insights and a map of the field
  • chapter 5. Disciplining body and mind : running as a technique of the self
  • chapter 6. The price and the meaning of success : training, competition and performance
  • chapter 7. Running places : how the sites of running matter
  • chapter 8. Conclusions : running, society and identity.

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