The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury by A. Young, Kevin

The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781787560697)

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The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury by A. Young, Kevin

The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury

$127.99
The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury by A. Young, Kevin

The Suffering Body in Sport: Shifting Thresholds of Pain, Risk and Injury

$127.99
Format: Hardcover
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This volume approaches the study of pain, risk and injury in sport from a variety of social scientific perspectives. Contributions focus on the manifestations of pain, risk and injury within sport cultures, and the degree to which the research is rapidly expanding to include new ways of thinking about risky and painful 'suffering' in sport.

Author: Kevin A. Young
ISBN-10: 1787560694
ISBN-13: 9781787560697
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2019
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.70d
By Kevin A. Young
By Kevin A. Young
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Kevin Young is Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary in Canada. His research and teaching interests bridge Criminology and Sociology of Sport. He has published widely on matters relating to violence, gender, body and health, and the use of animals in sport. An internationally recognized expert on sport, Kevin is former Vice President of the International Sociology of Sport Association, and has served on the editorial boards of the major journals in the field. He is also an award-winning teacher, and a regular graduate student supervisor.

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