Contemporary Meanings of Endurance

An Interdisciplinary Approach
Herausgeber: Salazar, Noel; Scheerder, Jeroen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically analyses the concept of endurance from different theoretical, conceptual, methodological and empirical perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9781032343846
• ISBN-10: 1032343842
• Artikelnr.: 65612455

Autorenporträt

Noel B. Salazar is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven, Belgium. Jeroen Scheerder is Professor of Sport Sociology at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Endurance as an Analytical Concept and a Lived Experience: A
Transdisciplinary Exploration 1. On Endurance: The Politics of Being
Between Pain and Boredom 2. The Stubborn Habits of Migration: Self-Care as
Endurance 3. Traversing Terrain and Staying Put: Performing Endurance 4.
Endurance in the Australian Wheatbelt: 'Drought Makes Who We Are' 5.
Endurance and the Production of 'Endurance Work' in Women's Cross-Country
and Trail Running 6. Neoliberal Meanings of Endurance Experiences: A
Critical Exploration of Endurance Running in Contemporary Consumer Culture
7. Unpacking Contemporary Notions of Endurance Through the Lens of
Ultra-Trail Running and Walking 8. Enduring Influence: The Work of Social
Media for Elite Endurance Athletes