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

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1787560694 ISBN 13 : 9781787560697

Editeur : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

Public awareness of and sensitivity to questions of pain, risk and injury in sport is more acute than ever before. Whether it is questions of what sport (and fans) can realistically and responsibly expect of athletes, how revered practices almost inevitably culminate in suffering bodies, or the widespread attention being paid to injury outcomes (especially concussion), it is clear that sport in many settings currently operates in a climate that is both more scientifically and medically aware and more sensitive to risk 'outcomes'.

This volume closely explores the full panorama of pain, risk and injury in the cultural, organizational and legal orbits of sport spaces. Aimed at students, researchers as well as applied professionals, the volume sets the cultural, structural and organizational context that gives rise to pain, risk and injury in the first place, provides substantive empirical examples from diverse sports arenas, looks at the key issues and dimensions of pain, risk and injury in the social consciousness today, and explores three different 'spins' on making sense of the subject matter -- from the position of the issue of consent and the courts, from the position of exploitation and corporate victimization, and from the understudied position of why athletes exit sport as an outcome of pain and injury and with what consequences.

This timely and needed addition to the sport literature is an exciting 'on-the-bubble' treatment of a topic that is increasingly troubling authorities and affecting how and whether sport is undertaken.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1787560694
• ISBN 13: 9781787560697
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 202
• Éditeur: Young Kevin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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