| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 51 |
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Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 51.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Critical considerations of runners and running; Running beginnings; 2 "Astounding exploits" and "laborious undertakings": nineteenth-century pedestrianism and the cultural meanings of endurance; 3 On the entangled origins of mud running: "overcivilization," physical culture, and overcoming obstacles in the Spartan Race; 4 Charting the development of contemporary endurance running training theory; 5 Beyond Boston and Kathrine Switzer: women's participation in distance running |
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Running because6 Foot trouble: the minimalist running movement; 7 Disrupting identity: an affective embodied reading of Runner's World; 8 Boston Strong: sport, terror/ism, and the spectacle pedagogy of citizenship; 9 Lopez Lomong: enduring life; 10 Enduring disability, ableism, and whiteness: three readings of inspirational endurance athletes in Canada; Running bodies; 11 "My hormones were all messed up": understanding female runners' experiences of amenorrhea; 12 Ultrarunning: space, place, and social experience |
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13 An interdisciplinary conversation about running between two academics who run14 Hitting a purple patch: building high performance runners at Runtleborough University; 15 Digging in: the sociological phenomenology of "doing endurance" in distance-running; 16 Enduring ideas; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 09, 2015) |
| Subject |
Running -- Social aspects
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Marathon running.
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Marathon running
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Running -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bridel, William, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317609377 |
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1317609379 |
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9781315749518 |
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1315749513 |
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