Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion by Andreasson, Jesper

Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319972374)

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Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion by Andreasson, Jesper

Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion

$84.99
Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion by Andreasson, Jesper

Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies: Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion

$84.99
Format: Hardcover
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Relates corporeal experiences and achievements to the socio-cultural context
Assesses the ways in which assumptions about health, gender and the body are embedded in extreme-sport practices
Contributes to a new understanding of three key extreme sports: mixed marital arts (MMA), ironman triathlon and bodybuilding

Author: Jesper Andreasson,Thomas Johansson
ISBN-10: 3319972375
ISBN-13: 9783319972374
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2018
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d
By Jesper Andreasson
By Jesper Andreasson
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Jesper Andreasson is Associate Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden, researching predominantly in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport and gym/fitness culture.

Thomas Johansson is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.

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