"Walking the fine line?" : Young people, sporting risk, health and embodied identities

sociological literature suggests that adult sports participation is occurring in a 'culture of risk' which glorifies pain, rationalises risk and promotes the practice of playing hurt (Messner, 1990; Nixon, 1992; Curry 1993; Pike, 2000; Roderick et aI, 2000, Safai, 2003; Howe, 2004; Young,...

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Main Author: Lara Killick
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 2009
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Young people
Sporting risk
Health
Embodied identities
Playing hurt
Exciting significance
Process-sociology
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11178
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