Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk

McNamee, Mike (Series edited by)/ Parry, Jim (Series edited by)/ Howe, David (Author)

ISBN 10: 0415247292 / ISBN 13: 9780415247290

Published by Routledge, 2003

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1st edition. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415247292
• ISBN 13: 9780415247290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport?
Is sports medicine a tool to empower or to disempower athletes?

David Howe considers these and other pertinent concerns and questions whether, in the world of modern sport, it is the participants themselves or the sport's administrators who exert more control over athletes' well being. Exploring the historical transformation of sports medicine and the relationships between medicine, body and culture, Sport, Professionalism and Pain bridges a perceived space in the literature between medical anthropology, medical sociology and sport studies.

About the Author

Prof. David Howe is a Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport in the School of Sport and Leisure at the University of Gloucestershire.