Running, identity and meaning : the pursuit of distinction through sport /
Over the last forty years, running has grown from a niche sport for a handful of committed club athletes into one of the Western world's most popular pastimes. In Running, Identity and Meaning, Neil Baxter asks: What kinds of people have been drawn to running in such numbers? What do they seek...
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| Language: | English |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
[2021]
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| Series: | Emerald studies in sport and gender
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1108/9781800433663 |
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Table of Contents:
- chapter 1. Introduction : why running matters
- chapter 2. Researching running : embodiment, lifestyle and identity
- chapter 3. The evolution of a field : a brief history of running as sport in Britain
- chapter 4. Running the numbers : quantitative insights and a map of the field
- chapter 5. Disciplining body and mind : running as a technique of the self
- chapter 6. The price and the meaning of success : training, competition and performance
- chapter 7. Running places : how the sites of running matter
- chapter 8. Conclusions : running, society and identity.