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Violent Impacts : How Power and Inequality Shape the Concussion Crisis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henne, Kathryn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Concussion--Social aspects.
- Brain.
- Sports injuries--Social aspects.
- Sports injuries.
- Violence--Social aspects.
- Violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) license. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.en .
- Summary:
- A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Concerns regarding brain injury in sport have escalated into what is often termed a "concussion crisis," fueled by high-profile lawsuits and deaths. Although athletes are central figures in this narrative, they comprise only a small proportion of the people who experience brain injuries, while other high-risk groups--including victims of domestic violence and police brutality--are all too often left out of the story. In Violent Impacts, Kathryn Henne and Matt Ventresca examine what is and what isn't captured in popular discourse, scrutinizing how law, science, and social inequalities shape depictions and understandings of brain injury. Drawing on research carried out in Australia, Canada, and the United States, they illustrate how structural violence centers certain bodies as part of the concussion crisis while pushing others to the margins.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Spectacles of Violence in Sports
- 2. CTE and the Brains behind the Concussion Crisis
- 3. Protecting the Children
- 4. The Sport-Military Research Complex
- 5. Advocating for Women
- 6. A Hidden Epidemic at Home
- 7. From Criminal Minds to Deviant Brains
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-520-39699-5
- OCLC:
- 1519939220
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