Sport, injury and the culture of risk /
Howe, David.
Sport, injury and the culture of risk / David Howe. - 288 p. ; 24cm.
The cultural nexus: sports medicine and the commercial body. Investigating sports medicine: medical anthropology in context ; Amateur pastime to professional spectacle ; Sporting bodies: mortal engines -- Pain, injury and the culture of risk. Pain and injury: signal and response ; The importance of injury in the commercialized world of sport ; Risk culture as 'product' -- Theory into practice. Distinctive community: the Welsh rugby club ; Elite distance runners ; Bodily dysfunction: the Paralympics as an arena for risk -- Conclusion.
£60.00
GBA2-U9222
0415247292 Uk
Sports--Sociological aspects
Sports medicine.
Sports injuries
306.483
Sport, injury and the culture of risk / David Howe. - 288 p. ; 24cm.
The cultural nexus: sports medicine and the commercial body. Investigating sports medicine: medical anthropology in context ; Amateur pastime to professional spectacle ; Sporting bodies: mortal engines -- Pain, injury and the culture of risk. Pain and injury: signal and response ; The importance of injury in the commercialized world of sport ; Risk culture as 'product' -- Theory into practice. Distinctive community: the Welsh rugby club ; Elite distance runners ; Bodily dysfunction: the Paralympics as an arena for risk -- Conclusion.
£60.00
GBA2-U9222
0415247292 Uk
Sports--Sociological aspects
Sports medicine.
Sports injuries
306.483