Ultimate fighting and embodiment : violence, gender, and mixed martial arts / Dale C. Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Dale C., 1979-

Series:

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 11.

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mixed martial arts--Social aspects.

Mixed martial arts.

Mixed martial arts--Psychological aspects.

Sports--Sex differences.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an emergent sport where competitors in a ring or cage utilize strikes (punches, kicks, elbows and knees) as well as submission techniques to defeat opponents. This book explores the carnal experience of fighting through a sensory ethnography of MMA, and how it transgresses the cultural scripts of masculinity in popular culture. Based on four years of participant observation in a local MMA club and in-depth interviews with amateur and professional MMA fighters, Spencer documents fighters' training regimes and the meanings they attach to participation in the sport. Dr

Contents:

Front Cover; Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Phenomenology and Bodies; 3. Time, Space, and Sense of Fighting; 4. Difference and Bodies; 5. Being an MMA Fighter; 6. Habit(us), Body Techniques, and Body Callusing; 7. Narratives of Despair, Loss, and Failure: Pain, Injury, and Masculinities; 8. Emotions and Violence; 9. Homosociality, (Homo)eroticism, and Dueling Practice; 10. Conclusion; About the Biography; Glossary of Terms; Appendix: The Senses and Ethnographic Research; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-49915-6

1-136-49916-4

0-203-14291-8

9780203142912

OCLC:

798532714