David Howe: Sport, Professionalism and Pain

Cover: 9780415247306 | Sport, Professionalism and Pain | Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

Rückseite: 9780415247306 | Sport, Professionalism and Pain | Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

81,25 €

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:

Beschreibung

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

Über den Autor

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780415247306
ISBN-10:	0415247306
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Howe, David
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	David Howe
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.12.2003
Gewicht:	0,365 kg