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Why would anyone do that? : lifestyle sport in the twenty-first century / Stephen C. Poulson.
LIBRA GV749.7 .P68 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poulson, Stephen C., 1966- author.
- Series:
- Critical issues in sport and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extreme sports--Social aspects.
- Extreme sports.
- Sports--Sociological aspects.
- Sports.
- Risk-taking (Psychology).
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 224 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction : why would anyone ride a mountain bike in the middle of the night?
- Social life and sport
- Looking for adventure, looking for authenticity
- Disciplining bodies in lifestyle sport
- Types of lifestyle athletes and team touch of grey
- Resistance to discipline in a cycling community
- Why so white? Race and social class in lifestyle sport
- Where are the women? Differing levels of participation in lifestyle and adventure sport
- Conclusion
- Appendix : My experience with lifestyle sport and location of the study.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813564449
- 0813564441
- 9780813564432
- 0813564433
- OCLC:
- 930257021
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