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Sport, Professionalism and Pain - Ethnographies of Injury and Risk (Hardcover, annotated edition) Loot Price: R5,028
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Sport, Professionalism and Pain - Ethnographies of Injury and Risk (Hardcover, annotated edition): David Howe

Sport, Professionalism and Pain - Ethnographies of Injury and Risk (Hardcover, annotated edition)

David Howe; Series edited by Jim Parry, Mike McNamee

Series: Ethics and Sport

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Contents:
Introduction Part One: Sports Medicine: Pain and Injury in Context 1. Investigating Sports Medicine: Medical Anthropology in Context 2. Amateur Pastime to Professional Specticle 3. Sporting Bodies: mortal engines Part Two: Pain, Injury and the Culture of Risk 4. Pain and Injury: signal and response 5. The Importance of Injury in the Commercialised World of Sport 6. Risk Culture as 'a Product' Part Three: Theory into Practice 7. Distinctive Community: The Welsh Rugby Club 8. Elite Distance Runners 9. Bodily Dysfunction: The Paralympics as an Arena for Risk 10. Conclusions

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ethics and Sport
Release date: December 2003
First published: 2004
Authors: David Howe
Series editors: Jim Parry • Mike McNamee
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: annotated edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-24729-0
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sports training & coaching > Sports psychology
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LSN: 0-415-24729-2
Barcode: 9780415247290

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