Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies : Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion

1st ed. 2019

by Jesper Andreasson , Thomas Johansson

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 3319972375

ISBN-13 9783319972374

Edition 1st ed. 2019

Publisher Springer International Publishing AG

Imprint Springer International Publishing AG

Country of Manufacture CH

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 6th, 2018

Print length 248 Pages

Weight 442 grams

Dimensions 15.60 x 21.80 x 2.80 cms

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This book investigates extreme sports, defined as sports in which athletes challenge and transgress societal perceptions of what is humanly possible to achieve, in terms of physical training and bodily development/performance. Situated within a growing body of literature analysing the impact of new training trends on an individual’s body, identity, lifestyle and perception of his/her social surroundings, Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies focuses on the gendered and embodied experiences of bodybuilding, Ironman triathlon, and mixed martial arts. Through their ethnographic analysis, Andreasson and Johansson present a unique and updated account of the increasing phenomenon of extreme sports and extreme bodies in contemporary Western society, grounded in the sociology of sport, body studies and embodiment literature.

This book investigates extreme sports, defined as sports in which athletes challenge and transgress societal perceptions of what is humanly possible to achieve, in terms of physical training and bodily development/performance. Situated within a growing body of literature analysing the impact of new training trends on an individual''s body, identity, lifestyle and perception of his/her social surroundings, Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies focuses on the gendered and embodied experiences of bodybuilding, Ironman triathlon, and mixed martial arts.

Through their ethnographic analysis, Andreasson and Johansson present a unique and updated account of the increasing phenomenon of extreme sports and extreme bodies in contemporary Western society, grounded in the sociology of sport, body studies and embodiment literature.

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