Ageing, the body and social change : running in later life / Emmanuelle Tulle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tulle, Emmanuelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging.

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people.

Older athletes--Social conditions.

Older athletes.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 181 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2008]

Summary:

Can we really change the world by running? Or, can the way we use our bodies reflect or even initiate significant social change? How do we know that any changes observed are really significant?

These are key questions which are now at the heart of sociological endeavour, but they have not been asked in the context of ageing and old age, as it is often assumed that ageing bodies are devoid of capital of any kind. This book discusses the potential presented - through examining ageing, the body and sports - to restore agency and cultural capital to ageing embodiment. It does so not by denying biological ageing but by reframing the position of mind/body fluctuations, inspired by the experiences of ageing runners.

Contents:

1 Embodying Ageing 1

2 Debates in the Sociology of the Body 18

3 Social Fields as Spaces of Disruption 40

4 Capturing Ageing Embodiment 61

5 Disrupted Biographies 77

6 The Embodiment of Athletic Mastery 94

7 Managing Ageing 114

8 Mapping an Embodied Sociology of Ageing 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230517592

0230517595

OCLC:

181600976