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

by Jesper Andreasson and Thomas Johansson

Book Overview

Relates corporeal experiences and achievements to the socio-cultural context
Assesses the ways in which assumptions about health, gender and the body are embedded in extreme-sport practices
Contributes to a new understanding of three key extreme sports: mixed marital arts (MMA), ironman triathlon and bodybuilding

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319972375
• ISBN13: 9783319972374
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"