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Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves
Kevin . Ed(S): Young
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Description for Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves
Hardback. Attempts to reflect the cutting-edge research in the area from several countries in terms of causes, experiences, and outcomes of sport-related pain and injury. Editor(s): Young, Kevin. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; MMS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
In contrast to other disciplines in the sport sciences, the sociological study of risk, pain and injury is quite new. Over the last decade, however, sociologists have begun to show that pain and injury are not solely experienced in physical and medical terms, and an impressive corpus of knowledge is beginning to emerge. To date the breadth and depth of this knowledge has not been brought together in any systematic way. As the second volume in the "Research in the Sociology of Sport" series, "Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves: Sociological Studies of Sports-Related Injury" attempts to reflect the cutting-edge research in ... Read more
In contrast to other disciplines in the sport sciences, the sociological study of risk, pain and injury is quite new. Over the last decade, however, sociologists have begun to show that pain and injury are not solely experienced in physical and medical terms, and an impressive corpus of knowledge is beginning to emerge. To date the breadth and depth of this knowledge has not been brought together in any systematic way. As the second volume in the "Research in the Sociology of Sport" series, "Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves: Sociological Studies of Sports-Related Injury" attempts to reflect the cutting-edge research in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Research in the Sociology of Sport
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762308842
SKU
V9780762308842
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