Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies

Zusatztext

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

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Jesper Andreasson is Associate Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden, researching predominantly in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport and gym/fitness culture. Thomas Johansson is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.

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